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Title | ||
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Not all sounds in assimilation environments are perceived equally: Evidence from Korean |
Abstract | ||
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This study tests whether potential differences in the perceptual robustness of speech sounds influence continuous-speech processes. Two phoneme-monitoring experiments examined place assimilation in Korean. In Experiment 1, Koreans monitored for targets which were either labials (/p,m/) or alveolars (/t,n/), and which were either unassimilated or assimilated to a following /k/ in two-word utterances. Listeners detected unaltered (unassimilated) labials faster and more accurately than assimilated labials; there was no such advantage for unaltered alveolars. In Experiment 2, labial–velar differences were tested using conditions in which /k/ and /p/ were illegally assimilated to a following /t/. Unassimilated sounds were detected faster than illegally assimilated sounds, but this difference tended to be larger for /k/ than for /p/. These place-dependent asymmetries suggest that differences in the perceptual robustness of segments play a role in shaping phonological patterns. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2008 | 10.1016/j.wocn.2007.06.001 | Journal of Phonetics |
DocType | Volume | Issue |
Journal | 36 | 2 |
ISSN | Citations | PageRank |
0095-4470 | 1 | 0.40 |
References | Authors | |
4 | 2 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taehong Cho | 1 | 310 | 37.02 |
| James M. McQueen | 2 | 41 | 4.41 |