Publications

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Preprints / under review

• Pouw, W., Werner, R., Burchardt, L. S., Selen, L. (submitted). The human voice aligns with whole-body kinetics. [preprint]

2024

• Werner, R., Selen, L., Pouw, W. (accepted). Arm movements increase acoustic markers of expiratory flow. Speech Prosody, 2-5 July, Leiden. [preprint]
• Pouw, W., Burchardt, L. S., Werner, R., Selen, L. (accepted). Movement-related muscle activity and kinetics affect vocalization amplitude. International Conference on the Evolution of Language (Evolang) 2024. 18-21 May, Madison. [preprint]

2023

• Werner, R. (2023). The phonetics of speech breathing: pauses, physiology, acoustics, and perception. Ph.D. thesis, Saarland University, Saarbrücken. [html] [pdf] Dissertation
• Werner, R., Fuchs, S., Trouvain, J., Kürbis, S., Möbius, B. & Birkholz, P. (2023). Acoustics of breath noises in human speech: Descriptive and 3D-modeling approaches. ePub. [ASHA] [PubMed]
• Trouvain, J., Muhlack, B., Werner, R., & Möbius, B. (2023). Discourse clicks across speakers in a German corpus of spontaneous speech. Phonetik und Phonologie 19, 6-7 October, Bern. [pdf] [html]
• Fuchs, S., Koenig, L., & Werner, R. (2023). Respiratory and supralaryngeal effects on speech breathing noise across loudness conditions and speaking tasks. 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS '23), August 7-11, Prague. [pdf] [poster]
• Trouvain, J. & Werner, R. (2023). Muster der Sprechatmung in verschiedenen Sprechstilen – eine Pilotstudie. Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung (ESSV '23), 1-3 March, Munich. [pdf] [html]
• MacIntyre, A.D. & Werner, R. (2023). An Automatic Method for Speech Breathing Annotation. Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung (ESSV '23), 1-3 March, Munich. [pdf] [html]

2022

• Werner, R., Trouvain, J., & Möbius, B. (2022). Speaker discrimination and classification in breath noises by human listeners. Phonetik und Phonologie 18, 6-7 October, Bielefeld. [pdf] [html] [stimuli]
• Werner, R., Fuchs, S., Trouvain, J., Kürbis, S., Möbius. B., & Birkholz P. (2022). Comparison of acoustic parameters of inhalations vs. exhalations with 3D-printed vocal tract models. 8th International Conference on Speech Motor Control, 24-27 August, Groningen, 253-254. [pdf] [poster]
• Werner, R., Trouvain, J., & Möbius, B. (2022). Speaker discrimination and classification in breath noises by human listeners. 30th Conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA), 10-13 July, Prague, 68-69. [pdf] [poster] [stimuli] Best Student Poster Award
• Werner, R., Trouvain, J., & Möbius, B. (2022). Optionality and variability of speech pauses in read speech across languages and rates. Speech Prosody, 23-26 May, Lisbon, 312-316. [pdf] [html]
• Werner, R., Trouvain, J., Muhlack, B., & Möbius, B. (2022). Perceptual categorization of breath noises in speech pauses. Proc. 33rd Conf. Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung (ESSV '22), 2-4 March, Sønderborg, 139-146. [pdf] [html] [poster] [stimuli] Best Student Paper Award
• Trouvain, J. & Werner, R. (2022). A phonetic view on annotating speech pauses and pause-internal phonetic particles. In: Schwarze, C. & Grawunder, S. (eds): Transkription und Annotation gesprochener Sprache und multimodaler Interaktion. Tübingen: Narr, 55-73.[preprint pdf]

2021

• Werner, R., Trouvain, J., Muhlack, B., & Möbius, B. (2021). Breath noise perception - a pilot study on airway usage. Phonetik und Phonologie 17, 29-30 September, Frankfurt am Main. [poster]
• Werner, R., Fuchs, S., Trouvain, J., & Möbius, B. (2021). Inhalations in speech: acoustic and physiological characteristics. Interspeech 2021, 30 August-3 September, Brno, 3186-3190. [pdf] [html]
• Elmers, M., Werner, R., Muhlack, B., Möbius, B., & Trouvain, J. (2021). Take a breath: Respiratory sounds improve recollection in synthetic speech. Interspeech 2021, 30 August-3 September, Brno, 3196-3200. [pdf] [html]
• Muhlack, B., Elmers, M., Drenhaus, H., Trouvain, J., van Os, M., Werner, R., Ryzhova, M., & Möbius, B. (2021). Revisiting recall effects of filler particles in German and English. Interspeech 2021, 30 August-3 September, Brno, 3979-3983. [pdf] [html]
• Werner, R., Trouvain, J., Fuchs, S., & Möbius, B. (2021). Exploring the presence and absence of inhalation noises when speaking and when listening. Proc. 12th International Seminar on Speech Production (2020), New Haven, CT: Haskins Press, pp. 214-217. [pdf] [poster]
• Trouvain, J. & Werner, R. (2021). Human pause detection in spontaneous speech in an online experiment. 32nd Conference Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung (ESSV '21), 3-5 March, Berlin, 59-66. [pdf]
• Elmers, M., Werner, R., Muhlack, B., Möbius, B., & Trouvain, J. (2021). Evaluating the effect of pauses on number recollection in synthesized speech. 32nd Conference Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung (ESSV '21), 3-5 March, Berlin, 289-295. [pdf]

2020

• Trouvain, J. & Werner, R. (2020). Comparing Annotations of Non-verbal Vocalisations in Speech Corpora. Laughter and Other Non-Verbal Vocalisations Workshop 2020, Bielefeld, 69-72. [pdf] [poster]
• Trouvain, J., Werner, R., & Möbius, B. (2020). Visualisierung von Pausen und Artikulationsgeschwindigkeit verschiedener Sprechstile. Phonetik und Phonologie 16, 10-11 September, Trier.
• Elmers, M., Muhlack, B., Werner, R., Trouvain, J., & Möbius, B. (2020). Pause-internal phonetic particles in speech communication. Phonetik und Phonologie 16, 10-11 September, Trier. [poster]
• Trouvain, J., Werner, R., & Möbius, B. (2020). An acoustic analysis of inbreath noises in read and spontaneous speech. Speech Prosody, 25-28 May, Tokyo, 789-793. [pdf] [html]
• Werner, R., Trouvain, J., & Möbius, B. (2020). Ein sprachübergreifender Vergleich des Pausenverhaltens natürlicher Sprecher in verschiedenen Sprechtempi mit TTS-Systemen. 31st Conference Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung (ESSV '20), 4-6 March, Magdeburg, 101-108. [pdf] [html] 2nd Best Student Paper Award

2019

• Trouvain, J., Möbius, B., & Werner, R. (2019). On acoustic features of inhalation noises in read and spontaneous speech. 1st International Seminar on the Foundations of Speech, 1-3 December, Sønderborg, 97-99. [pdf]
• Werner, R. (2019). An Experimental Investigation on Rhoticity and /r/-Sandhi in Devon English. 'Ratics6. 7-8 November, Paris. [RG]
• Werner, R. (2019). Straight [l]edge [l]is me [r]until the day [r]I die - Onset epenthesis in Screamed Vocals. Forum Junge Englische Linguistik Bayern (FJUEL). 12-13 September, Bayreuth.