The lexical statistics of competitor activation in spoken-word recognition

Anne Cutler; James M. McQueen; Maarten Jansonius; Saskia Bayerl

The lexical statistics of competitor activation in spoken-word recognition

Anne Cutler, James M. McQueen, Maarten Jansonius, Saskia Bayerl

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Abstract

The Possible Word Constraint is a proposed mechanism whereby listeners avoid recognising words spuriously embedded in other words. It applies to words leaving a vowelless residue between their edge and the nearest known word or syllable boundary. The present study tests the usefulness of this constraint via lexical statistics of both English and Dutch. The analyses demonstrate that the constraint removes a clear majority of embedded words in speech, and thus can contribute significantly to the efficiency of human speech recognition.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 9th Australian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, held in Melbourne, Victoria, 3-5 December, 2002
Publisher	Australian Speech Science and Technology Association
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 2002
Event	Australian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology - Duration: 1 Jan 2004 → …

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Conference	Australian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology
Period	1/01/04 → …

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speech perception
Dutch language
English language
vowels
lexical phonology

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Cutler, A, McQueen, JM, Jansonius, M & Bayerl, S 2002, The lexical statistics of competitor activation in spoken-word recognition. in Proceedings of the 9th Australian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, held in Melbourne, Victoria, 3-5 December, 2002. Australian Speech Science and Technology Association, Australian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, 1/01/04.

The lexical statistics of competitor activation in spoken-word recognition. / Cutler, Anne; McQueen, James M.; Jansonius, Maarten et al.
Proceedings of the 9th Australian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, held in Melbourne, Victoria, 3-5 December, 2002. Australian Speech Science and Technology Association, 2002.

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