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dc.contributor.authorBian, Yuan
dc.contributor.authorDell, Gary S
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-20T17:28:58Z
dc.date.available2021-09-20T17:28:58Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-26
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131612
dc.description.abstractAbstract Speech errors are sensitive to newly learned phonotactic constraints. For example, if speakers produce strings of syllables in which /f/ is an onset if the vowel is /æ/, but a coda if the vowel is /I/, their slips will respect that constraint after a period of sleep. Constraints in which the contextual factor is nonlinguistic, however, do not appear to be learnable by this method—for example, /f/ is an onset if the speech rate is fast, but /f/ is a coda if the speech rate is slow. The present study demonstrated that adult English speakers can learn (after a sleep period) constraints based on stress (e.g., /f/ is an onset if the syllable is stressed, but /f/ is a coda if the syllable is unstressed), but cannot learn analogous constraints based on tone (e.g., /f/ is an onset if the tone is rising, but /f/ is a coda if the tone is falling). The results are consistent with the fact that, in English, stress is a relevant lexical phonological property (e.g., “INsight” and “inCITE” are different words), but tone is not (e.g., “yes!” and “yes?” are the same word, despite their different pragmatic functions). The results provide useful constraints on how consolidation effects in learning may interact with early learning experiences.en_US
dc.publisherSpringer USen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-019-01000-9en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attributionen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.sourceSpringer USen_US
dc.titleNovel stress phonotactics are learnable by English speakers: Novel tone phonotactics are noten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2020-06-26T13:31:39Z
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