The contribution of language-specific knowledge in the selection of statistically-coherent word candidates

被引:26
作者
Toro, Juan M. [1 ]
Pons, Ferran [2 ]
Bion, Ricardo A. H. [3 ]
Sebastian-Galles, Nuria [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Pompeu Fabra, Brain & Cognit Unit, Barcelona, Spain
[2] Univ Barcelona, Dept Psicol Basica, Barcelona, Spain
[3] Stanford Univ, Dept Psychol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
关键词
Language; Statistical learning; Speech perception; Linguistic constraints; SEGMENTATION; SPEECH; INFANTS; STRESS; CUES; ACQUISITION; INFORMATION; UNIVERSALS; BOUNDARIES; PROSODY;
D O I
10.1016/j.jml.2010.11.005
中图分类号
H0 [语言学];
学科分类号
030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;
摘要
Much research has explored the extent to which statistical computations account for the extraction of linguistic information. However, it remains to be studied how language-specific constraints are imposed over these computations. In the present study we investigated if the violation of a word-forming rule in Catalan (the presence of more than one mid vowel within a word) may interfere with word extraction by statistical computations. Catalan native adult participants were presented with a continuous speech stream composed of trisyllabic nonsense words that violated this linguistic constraint. In a subsequent test, participants did not recognize the words from matched foils. Nevertheless, the same words were recognized if the test comprised foils that never appeared during familiarization, or if both words and foils were presented visually. Results suggest that background linguistic knowledge modulates the recognition of statistically-coherent words, but not the on-line computations leading to their extraction. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:171 / 180
页数:10
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