Database of Spoken Multisyllabic English Words (SMEW)

<p>The database of Spoken Multisyllabic English Words (SMEW) contains 4940 words that vary in syllable length from one to five.&nbsp; There are 1027 one-syllable words, 1086 two-syllable words, 982 three-syllable words, 884 four-syllable words, and 961 five-syllable words.&nbsp; Individual words in each number of syllable group were generated from the English Lexicon Project website (<a href="http://elexicon.wustl.edu/">http://elexicon.wustl.edu/</a>) and recorded by a male native speaker of the American English.&nbsp; In addition to the zip file containing all words as individual .wav files, there is an excel file with a listing of all words in each number of syllable group and their lexical characteristics.&nbsp; A PRAAT script used to estimate word onset and offset within a .wav file and word duration is also included.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>