The perception of coronal stops in Wubuy
Research has indicated that native speech perception may be more difficult than is often assumed. Coronal stop contrastseries might fall in this category as they have been reported to be very difficult to distinguish even by native listeners, though this has not previously been systematically examin...
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| author | Bundgaard-Nielsen, R. Baker, B. Harvey, M. Best, C. Kroos, Christian |
| author2 | Felicity Cox |
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| description | Research has indicated that native speech perception may be more difficult than is often assumed. Coronal stop contrastseries might fall in this category as they have been reported to be very difficult to distinguish even by native listeners, though this has not previously been systematically examined. It has been claimed that listeners rely on information in preceding vowels in order to correctly perceive these stops, making perception particularly difficult, if not impossible, when the stops are not preceded by a vowel. This paper presents two studies of the discrimination of multiple coronal stops by native speakers of Wubuy and provides strong evidence that native listeners are able to discriminate these consonants, even when they are not preceded by a vowel. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-121792023-02-02T07:57:37Z The perception of coronal stops in Wubuy Bundgaard-Nielsen, R. Baker, B. Harvey, M. Best, C. Kroos, Christian Felicity Cox Katherine Demuth Susan Lin Kelly Miles Sallyanne Palethrope Jason Shaw Ivan Yuen speech perception Australian languages coronal stops Research has indicated that native speech perception may be more difficult than is often assumed. Coronal stop contrastseries might fall in this category as they have been reported to be very difficult to distinguish even by native listeners, though this has not previously been systematically examined. It has been claimed that listeners rely on information in preceding vowels in order to correctly perceive these stops, making perception particularly difficult, if not impossible, when the stops are not preceded by a vowel. This paper presents two studies of the discrimination of multiple coronal stops by native speakers of Wubuy and provides strong evidence that native listeners are able to discriminate these consonants, even when they are not preceded by a vowel. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12179 http://assta.org/sst/SST-12/SST2012/PDF/AUTHOR/ST120074.PDF Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA) restricted |
| spellingShingle | speech perception Australian languages coronal stops Bundgaard-Nielsen, R. Baker, B. Harvey, M. Best, C. Kroos, Christian The perception of coronal stops in Wubuy |
| title | The perception of coronal stops in Wubuy |
| title_full | The perception of coronal stops in Wubuy |
| title_fullStr | The perception of coronal stops in Wubuy |
| title_full_unstemmed | The perception of coronal stops in Wubuy |
| title_short | The perception of coronal stops in Wubuy |
| title_sort | perception of coronal stops in wubuy |
| topic | speech perception Australian languages coronal stops |
| url | http://assta.org/sst/SST-12/SST2012/PDF/AUTHOR/ST120074.PDF http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12179 |