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Transitional probabilities and positional frequency phonotactics in a hierarchical model of speech segmentation.

The present study explored the influence of a new metrics of phonotactics on adults' use of transitional probabilities to segment artificial languages. We exposed French native adults to continuous streams of trisyllabic nonsense words. High-frequency words had either high or low congruence with Fre...

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Published in:Memory & Cognition Vol. 39; no. 6; pp. 1085 - 1094
Main Authors: Mersad, Karima, Nazzi, Thierry
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Aug2011
Subjects:
France
Analysis of variance
Phonetics
Undergraduates
Research funding
Speech perception
Phonological awareness
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