| Production constraints on learning novel onset phonotactics. | |
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PMID: 18237726 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Three experiments addressed the hypothesis that production factors constrain phonotactic learning in adult English speakers, and that this constraint gives rise to a markedness effect on learning. In Experiment 1, an acoustic measure was used to assess consonant-consonant coarticulation in naturally produced nonwords, which were then used as stimuli in a phonotactic learning experiment. Results indicated that sonority-rising sequences were more coarticulated than -plateauing sequences, and that listeners learned novel-rising onsets more readily than novel-plateauing onsets. Experiments 2 and 3 addressed the specific questions of whether (1) the acoustic correlates of coarticulation or (2) the coarticulatory patterns of self-productions constrained learning. In Experiment 2, stimuli acoustics were altered to control for coarticulatory differences between sequence type, but a clear markedness effect was still observed. In Experiment 3, listeners' self-productions were gathered and used to predict their treatment of novel-rising and -plateauing sequences. Results were that listeners' coarticulatory patterns predicted their treatment of novel sequences. Overall, the findings suggest that the powerful effects of statistical learning are moderated by the perception-production loop in language. |
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Authors:
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Melissa A Redford |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2008-01-30 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Cognition Volume: 107 ISSN: 0010-0277 ISO Abbreviation: Cognition Publication Date: 2008 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-04-28 Completed Date: 2008-07-24 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0367541 Medline TA: Cognition Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 785-816 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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The University of Oregon, Linguistics Department, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA. redford@uoregon.edu |
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Female Humans Learning* Male Phonetics* Speech Production Measurement Verbal Learning* |
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