Speaking Rate from Proximal and Distal Contexts Is Used during Word Segmentation

Autor/inn/en	Reinisch, Eva; Jesse, Alexandra; McQueen, James M.
Titel	Speaking Rate from Proximal and Distal Contexts Is Used during Word Segmentation
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 37 (2011) 3, S.978-996 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-1523
DOI	10.1037/a0021923
Schlagwörter	Cues; Speech Communication; Phonemes; Eye Movements; Word Recognition; Classification; Human Body; Language Processing; Experiments; Indo European Languages; Culture; Evaluation; Context Effect; Stimuli + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Fonem; Augenbewegung; Worterkennung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Menschlicher Körper; Sprachverarbeitung; Erprobung; Indoeuropäisch; Kultur; Evaluierung; Anreizsystem
Abstract	A series of eye-tracking and categorization experiments investigated the use of speaking-rate information in the segmentation of Dutch ambiguous-word sequences. Juncture phonemes with ambiguous durations (e.g., [s] in "eens (s)peer," "once (s)pear," [t] in "nooit (t)rap," "never staircase/quick") were perceived as longer and hence more often as word-initial when following a fast than a slow context sentence. Listeners used speaking-rate information as soon as it became available. Rate information from a context proximal to the juncture phoneme and from a more distal context was used during on-line word recognition, as reflected in listeners' eye movements. Stronger effects of distal context, however, were observed in the categorization task, which measures the off-line results of the word-recognition process. In categorization, the amount of rate context had the greatest influence on the use of rate information, but in eye tracking, the rate information's proximal location was the most important. These findings constrain accounts of how speaking rate modulates the interpretation of durational cues during word recognition by suggesting that rate estimates are used to evaluate upcoming phonetic information continuously during prelexical speech processing. (Contains 6 figures and 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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