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Sensitivity to sub-phonemic variation: Evidence from a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) goodness-rating task

Skorniakova, Oxana G.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1290127664

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2010, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Linguistics.
The study addresses one of the important questions in the field of speech perception: whether listeners process speech categorically as discrete units or continuously attuning to variation within phonemes. Recent research has demonstrated that listeners were able to identify stimuli with sub-phonemic variation in stop voicing contrasts and use this information during lexical processing. The present study seeks further support for this view by building categorical and continuous models based on distribution of individual listeners' responses in a goodness rating task. Lexical items varying along seven-step continua in initial stop voicing or sibilant fricative place are tested and compared against the models. The results show that listeners’ perception of sub-phonemic variation is more consistent with the continuous model of speech perception.
Mary Beckman, PhD (Advisor)
Shari Speer, PhD (Committee Member)
69 p.
Linguistics
categorical perception; fricatives; stops; lexical processing

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  • Skorniakova, O. G. (2010). Sensitivity to sub-phonemic variation: Evidence from a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) goodness-rating task [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1290127664

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Skorniakova, Oxana. Sensitivity to sub-phonemic variation: Evidence from a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) goodness-rating task. 2010. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1290127664.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Skorniakova, Oxana. "Sensitivity to sub-phonemic variation: Evidence from a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) goodness-rating task." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1290127664

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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