Perceptual learning in speech

Article Abstract:

The present research is an initial attempt to demonstrate that, for a coherent and meaningful learning of phonetics, listeners use lexical or dictionary knowledge. The example of ambiguity in the final fricative of 20 critical Dutch words proves the importance of the use of lexical information to provide training in classification of speech, and the benefits of lexical feedback in the recognition of the spoken word.

Evaluation, Speech, Phonetics

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The possible-word constraint in the segmentation of continuous speech

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It is proposed that word recognition in continuous speech is subject to constraints. The Possible-Word constraint (PWC) reduces activation of certain words if their recognition implies word status for input which may not be a word. PWC is shown to be readily implemented in a model of continuous speech recognition, acting as a constraint on competition between candidate words.

Observations, Cognitive psychology, Word recognition

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Lexical viability constraints on speech segmentation by infants

Article Abstract:

Experiments conducted on 12-month-old infants to monitor their constraints in word identification based on speech segmentation are presented. Results disclose that depending on their word separation capabilities, infants can perceive lexical viability constraints in the manner in which they analyze fluent speech.

Science & research, Voice recognition, Speech recognition, Cognition in infants, Infant cognition

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