Abstract
Every word is special, so each language is a special case. The human brain has specialized in various ways for the processing of spoken language. Speech is not only treated as an auditory signal, but also activates the systems involved in linguistic processing in a selective and automatic manner. Part of this specialization which any adult speaker can benefit from is specific to the language considered. Although any normally growing child can acquire any language offered for sensory input, the effect of the child's language environment is to produce an adult language user who commands a wide repertoire of treatment strategies. which are tailored to the native language processing needs. The prodigious efficiency with which native speakers of a language produce and understand utterances encourages this language-specific adaptation of the processing capacities shared by all speakers.
Translated title of the contribution | Speech perception in Spanish : a special case? |
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Original language | French |
Title of host publication | Psycholinguistique Cognitive: Essais en l'honneur de Jean Seguí |
Place of Publication | Belgium |
Publisher | De Boeck |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9782804179380 |
ISBN (Print) | 9782804146313 |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |