Project 4: Perceptual salience of FPD: Cross-linguistic comparison of contextual sensitivity
Identification of segments and words often requires FPD to be evaluated and potentially re-evaluated in the light of following speech. E.g. bad girl may sound more like bag girl due to regressive place assimilation. The listener must evaluate the /g/ in bag girl relative to the place of articulation of the following consonant. Previous research has shown an exquisite sensitivity to the FPD of assimilation and has highlighted a context-sensitive recognition process for assimilated speech. However, current debate focuses on whether the perceptual system becomes tuned to the assimilation processes specific to a listener’s native language. We will address this question by manipulating both the language of the stimuli and the listener’s native language.
Working on this project: » Prof Gareth Gaskell » Prof Noël Nguyen » Prof Dr Ulrich Frauenfelder » Prof Dr Oliver Niebuhr » Dr Meghan Clayards » Dr Christine Meunier
