Category formation and lexical encoding of a new contrast

Category formation and lexical encoding of a new contrast

The question whether category formation is a prerequisite for U.S.-English learners of French to encode a non-native contrast in lexical representations is investigated, looking at front [y-œ] and back [u-ɔ] rounded vowels. An ABX categorization experiment revealed no group difference between advanc...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2009-04, Vol.125 (4_Supplement), p.2766-2766
Hauptverfasser: Darcy, Isabelle, Dekydtspotter, Laurent, Sprouse, Rex A., Kaden, Christiane, Scott, John H. G., Schaefer, Vance, McGuire, Michael
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The question whether category formation is a prerequisite for U.S.-English learners of French to encode a non-native contrast in lexical representations is investigated, looking at front [y-œ] and back [u-ɔ] rounded vowels. An ABX categorization experiment revealed no group difference between advanced (N=18) and inexperienced learners (N=18). Both made significantly more errors than French controls (p
ISSN:0001-4966
1520-8524
DOI:10.1121/1.4784703