Lexical manipulation as a discovery tool for psycholinguistic research

Laurence Bruggeman; Anne Cutler

Lexical manipulation as a discovery tool for psycholinguistic research

Department of Linguistics

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution

Abstract

Consultation of machine-readable dictionaries has advanced understanding of language processing; but these resources also allow examination of processing consequences if the lexicon changes. To recognise speech, listeners must rapidly evaluate spoken input as matching or mismatching candidate words. Listeners use any speech cues that help this process, whereby identical cues across languages may be used in one language but not in another. Suprasegmental stress cues, for example, are similar in Dutch and English, but used only in Dutch. This asymmetry has been explained as due to vowel reduction in English; lexical manipulation here tests this proposal and suggests a refinement.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 16th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST2016)
Editors	Christopher Carignan, Michael D. Tyler
Place of Publication	Parramatta, Australia
Publisher	Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA)
Pages	313-316
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (16th : 2016) - Parramatta, Australia Duration: 6 Dec 2016 → 9 Dec 2016 Conference number: 16th

Publication series

Name	Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology
ISSN (Electronic)	2207-1296

Conference

Conference	Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (16th : 2016)
Abbreviated title	SST2016
Country	Australia
City	Parramatta
Period	6/12/16 → 9/12/16

Keywords

lexicon
stress
word recognition
English
Dutch

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Bruggeman, L., & Cutler, A. (2016). Lexical manipulation as a discovery tool for psycholinguistic research. In C. Carignan, & M. D. Tyler (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST2016) (pp. 313-316). (Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology). Parramatta, Australia: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA).

Bruggeman, Laurence ; Cutler, Anne. / Lexical manipulation as a discovery tool for psycholinguistic research. Proceedings of the 16th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST2016). editor / Christopher Carignan ; Michael D. Tyler. Parramatta, Australia : Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA), 2016. pp. 313-316 (Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology).

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Bruggeman, L & Cutler, A 2016, Lexical manipulation as a discovery tool for psycholinguistic research. in C Carignan & MD Tyler (eds), Proceedings of the 16th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST2016). Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA), Parramatta, Australia, pp. 313-316, Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (16th : 2016), Parramatta, Australia, 6/12/16.

Lexical manipulation as a discovery tool for psycholinguistic research. / Bruggeman, Laurence; Cutler, Anne.

Proceedings of the 16th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST2016). ed. / Christopher Carignan; Michael D. Tyler. Parramatta, Australia : Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA), 2016. p. 313-316 (Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology).

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Bruggeman L, Cutler A. Lexical manipulation as a discovery tool for psycholinguistic research. In Carignan C, Tyler MD, editors, Proceedings of the 16th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST2016). Parramatta, Australia: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA). 2016. p. 313-316. (Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology).