@inproceedings{ab2a09a598164cc5a4b82fccee0c038a,
title = "Frequency in the input affects perception of phonological contrasts for native speakers",
abstract = "![CDATA[We present an analysis of phoneme frequency in the Wubuy lexicon and in spoken texts, highlighting striking differences in the relative frequency of occurrence of the phonemes of Wubuy. We apply this analysis to previous work showing curious—and theoretically very interesting—differences in native Wubuy speakers' ability to discriminate their native coronal stop contrasts [1]. Our analysis suggests that acoustic differentiation cannot account for the patterns observed and that relative frequency of occurrence systematically influences the discrimination accuracy of native speakers and indicates that input frequency likely accounts for some of the differences in discrimination accuracy observed.]]",
keywords = "speech perception, phonemics, Nunggubuyu language",
author = "Rikke Bundgaard-Nielsen and Brett Baker",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
publisher = "Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association",
pages = "206--209",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 15th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST2014), 2-5 December 2014, Rydges Latimer Hotel, Christchurch, New Zealand",
note = "Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology ; Conference date: 02-12-2014",
}