Louis M. Goldstein
Encyclopedia
Louis M. Goldstein http://www.yale.edu/linguist/faculty/louis.htmlhttp://www.haskins.yale.edu/staff/goldstein.html is an American linguist
and cognitive scientist. He was previously a professor and chair of the Department of Linguistics
and a professor of psychology
at Yale University
, and is now a professor in the Department of Linguistics
at the University of Southern California
. He is a senior scientist at Haskins Laboratories
in New Haven, Connecticut and a founding member of the Association for Laboratory Phonology
.
He is best known for development, with Catherine Browman
http://www.haskins.yale.edu/staff/browman.html, of the theory of articulatory phonology
, a gesture-based approach to phonological and phonetic structure. The theoretical approach is incorporated in a computational model http://www.haskins.yale.edu/research/gestural.html that generates speech from a gesturally-specified lexicon. Goldstein, Philip Rubin
, and Mark Tiede http://www.haskins.yale.edu/StAFF/tiede.html designed a revision of the articulatory synthesis
model, known as CASY http://www.haskins.yale.edu/facilities/casy.html, the configurable articulatory synthesizer. This three-dimensional model of the vocal tract
permits researchers to replicate MRI images of actual speakers and has been used to study the relation between speech production and perception.
and his Ph.D. in linguistics from UCLA in 1977.http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/phds.htm
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
and cognitive scientist. He was previously a professor and chair of the Department of Linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
and a professor of psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, and is now a professor in the Department of Linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
. He is a senior scientist at Haskins Laboratories
Haskins Laboratories
Haskins Laboratories is an independent, international, multidisciplinary community of researchers conducting basic research on spoken and written language. Founded in 1935 and located in New Haven, Connecticut since 1970, Haskins Laboratories is a private, non-profit research institute with a...
in New Haven, Connecticut and a founding member of the Association for Laboratory Phonology
Association for Laboratory Phonology
The Association for Laboratory Phonology is a non-profit professional society for researchers interested in the sound structure of language. It was founded to promote the scientific study of all aspects of phonetics and phonology of spoken and signed languages through scholarly exchange across...
.
He is best known for development, with Catherine Browman
Catherine Browman
Catherine P. Browman is an American linguist and speech scientist. She was a research scientist at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey and Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, Connecticut, from which she retired due to illness. While at Bell Laboratories, she was known for her work on speech synthesis...
http://www.haskins.yale.edu/staff/browman.html, of the theory of articulatory phonology
Articulatory phonology
Articulatory phonology is a linguistic theory originally proposed in 1986 by Catherine Browman of Haskins Laboratories and Louis M. Goldstein of Yale University and Haskins...
, a gesture-based approach to phonological and phonetic structure. The theoretical approach is incorporated in a computational model http://www.haskins.yale.edu/research/gestural.html that generates speech from a gesturally-specified lexicon. Goldstein, Philip Rubin
Philip Rubin
Philip E. Rubin is an American cognitive scientist and technologist who since 2003 has been the Chief Executive Officer and a Senior Scientist at Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, Connecticut...
, and Mark Tiede http://www.haskins.yale.edu/StAFF/tiede.html designed a revision of the articulatory synthesis
Articulatory synthesis
Articulatory synthesis refers to computational techniques for synthesizing speech based on models of the human vocal tract and the articulation processes occurring there. The shape of the vocal tract can be controlled in a number of ways which usually involves modifying the position of the speech...
model, known as CASY http://www.haskins.yale.edu/facilities/casy.html, the configurable articulatory synthesizer. This three-dimensional model of the vocal tract
Vocal tract
The vocal tract is the cavity in human beings and in animals where sound that is produced at the sound source is filtered....
permits researchers to replicate MRI images of actual speakers and has been used to study the relation between speech production and perception.
Education
Louis Goldstein received his undergraduate degree from Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
and his Ph.D. in linguistics from UCLA in 1977.http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/phds.htm
Current work
Goldstein's current research involves the development of the gestural model and its application to three problems. (1) Phonological encoding in speech production. The nature of the representations assembled during speech production are investigated experimentally, including measurement of articulatory activity during speech errors. (2) The emergence of phonological structure. Research includes the analysis of infant and child behavior and modeling the growth of phonological structure through the interaction of computational agents. (3) Syllable structure. Syllable structures are modeled as stable modes of inter-gestural coordination. Cross-language empirical studies attempt to find the modes that can occur human languages. Theoretical work attempts to understand these modes and their variability from the perspective of the dynamics of coupled oscillators.Selected publications
- Browman, Catherine. P., and Louis M. Goldstein. 2000. Competing constraints on intergestural coordination and self-organization of phonological structures. Les Cahiers de l'ICP, Bulletin de la communication parlée 5:25–34.
- Goldstein, Louis M., and Carol FowlerCarol FowlerCarol A. Fowler is an American experimental psychologist. She was a former President and Director of Research at Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, Connecticut from 1992 to 2008. She is also a Professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut and an Adjunct Professor of Linguistics and...
. 2003. Articulatory phonology: a phonology for public language use.” In Phonetics and Phonology in Language Comprehension and Production: Differences and Similarities, ed. Antje S. Meyer and Niels O. Schiller. Mouton de Gruyter - Studdert-Kennedy, Michael, and Louis M. Goldstein. 2003. Launching language: The gestural origin of discrete infinity. In Language Evolution, ed. Morten H. Christiansen and Simon Kirby, Studies in the Evolution of Language. New York: Oxford University Press.