Abstract
Lexically guided perceptual learning studies have shown that speakers use their knowledge of phonemes in words to retune existing phonemic categories in response to different pronunciations. In a previous study, the authors tested whether lexically guided retuning could occur across a native category boundary, that is, when words were pronounced with an incorrect native phoneme. Monolingual Australian-English listeners completed a training phase followed by a visual lexical decision task with cross-modal priming. For participants who were trained to perceive /θ/ as /f/, /θ/-bearing auditory stimuli subsequently primed visual f-targets but not stargets, consistent with training, but those in the /θ/=/s/ training group also showed a tendency for priming in the same
direction. Here we tested whether priming would occur for the same cross-modal priming task in the absence of training. Results demonstrated a similar priming effect to that of the previous study, suggesting that the priming effects were due to a pre-existing bias to perceive /θ/ as /f/. Taken together, the two studies suggest that lexically guided retuning may not be possible across a native phoneme boundary.
direction. Here we tested whether priming would occur for the same cross-modal priming task in the absence of training. Results demonstrated a similar priming effect to that of the previous study, suggesting that the priming effects were due to a pre-existing bias to perceive /θ/ as /f/. Taken together, the two studies suggest that lexically guided retuning may not be possible across a native phoneme boundary.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 14th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology |
Pages | 169-172 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (14th : 2012) - Sydney Duration: 3 Dec 2012 → 6 Dec 2012 |
Conference
Conference | Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (14th : 2012) |
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City | Sydney |
Period | 3/12/12 → 6/12/12 |