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Title: | Coping with phonological assimilation in speech perception : evidence for early compensation |
Authors: | Mitterer, Holger Blomert, Leo |
Keywords: | Speech perception -- Psychological aspects Assimilation (Phonetics) Speech perception |
Issue Date: | 2003 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Citation: | Mitterer, H., & Blomert, L. (2003). Coping with phonological assimilation in speech perception: evidence for early compensation. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 65(6), 956-969. |
Abstract: | The pronunciation of the same word may vary considerably as a consequence of its context. The Dutch word tuin (English, garden) may be pronounced tuim if followed by bank (English, bench), but not if followed by stoel (English, chair). In a series of four experiments, we examined how Dutch listeners cope with this context sensitivity in their native language. A first word identification experiment showed that the perception of a word-final nasal depends on the subsequent context. Viable assimilations, but not unviable assimilations, were often confused perceptually with canonical word forms in a word identification task. Two control experiments ruled out the possibility that this effect was caused by perceptual masking or was influenced by lexical top-down effects. A passive-listening study in which electrophysiological measurements were used showed that only unviable, but not viable, phonological changes elicited a significant mismatch negativity. The results indicate that phonological assimilations are dealt with by an early prelexical mechanism. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/25359 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacMKSCS |
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