When cues collide: How distal speech rate and proximal acoustic information influence word segmentation

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher C. Heffner ◽  
Laura C. Dilley
Keyword(s):  
Speech Rate ◽  
Word Segmentation ◽  
Acoustic Information

scholarly journals Infants Segment Words from Songs—An EEG Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tineke M. Snijders ◽  
Titia Benders ◽  
Paula Fikkert
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Speech Rate ◽  
Word Segmentation ◽  
Test Phase ◽  
Event Related Potential ◽  
Familiarity Effect ◽  
Continuous Speech ◽  
Phonetic Information ◽  
Children's Songs ◽  
Target Words

Children’s songs are omnipresent and highly attractive stimuli in infants’ input. Previous work suggests that infants process linguistic–phonetic information from simplified sung melodies. The present study investigated whether infants learn words from ecologically valid children’s songs. Testing 40 Dutch-learning 10-month-olds in a familiarization-then-test electroencephalography (EEG) paradigm, this study asked whether infants can segment repeated target words embedded in songs during familiarization and subsequently recognize those words in continuous speech in the test phase. To replicate previous speech work and compare segmentation across modalities, infants participated in both song and speech sessions. Results showed a positive event-related potential (ERP) familiarity effect to the final compared to the first target occurrences during both song and speech familiarization. No evidence was found for word recognition in the test phase following either song or speech. Comparisons across the stimuli of the present and a comparable previous study suggested that acoustic prominence and speech rate may have contributed to the polarity of the ERP familiarity effect and its absence in the test phase. Overall, the present study provides evidence that 10-month-old infants can segment words embedded in songs, and it raises questions about the acoustic and other factors that enable or hinder infant word segmentation from songs and speech.

Do Non-Native Speakers Use Context Speech Rate in Word Segmentation?

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Baese-Berk ◽  
Tuuli Morrill ◽  
Laura Dilley
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Speech Rate ◽  
Word Segmentation ◽  
Use Context

Duration and context speech rate as cues to lexical perception and word segmentation.

2009 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 2655-2655
Author(s):  
Molly J. Henry ◽  
Laura C. Dilley ◽  
Louis N. Vinke ◽  
Christopher J. Weinland
Keyword(s):  
Speech Rate ◽  
Word Segmentation ◽  
Lexical Perception

Both Speech Rhythm and Speech Rate Affect Word Segmentation and Lexical Recognition

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuuli H. Morrill ◽  
Laura C. Dilley ◽  
J. Devin McAuley ◽  
Mark A. Pitt
Keyword(s):  
Speech Rate ◽  
Word Segmentation ◽  
Speech Rhythm

Age-Related Differences in Speech Rate Perception Do Not Necessarily Entail Age-Related Differences in Speech Rate Use

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 1341-1349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher C. Heffner ◽  
Rochelle S. Newman ◽  
Laura C. Dilley ◽  
William J. Idsardi
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Speech Rate ◽  
Word Segmentation ◽  
Word Boundary ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Compressed Speech ◽  
Timing Information ◽  
Age Related ◽  
New Literature

Purpose A new literature has suggested that speech rate can influence the parsing of words quite strongly in speech. The purpose of this study was to investigate differences between younger adults and older adults in the use of context speech rate in word segmentation, given that older adults perceive timing information differently from younger ones. Method Younger (18–25 years) and older (55–65 years) adults performed a sentence transcription task for sentences that varied in speech rate context (i.e., distal speech rate) and a syntactic cue to the presence of a word boundary. Results There were no differences between younger and older adults in their use of the distal speech rate cue to word segmentation. Conclusions The differences previously documented between younger and older adults in their perception of speech rate cues do not necessarily translate to older adults' use of those cues. Older adults' difficulties with compressed speech may arise from problems broader than just speech rate alone.

The Successful Stuttering Management Program: A Preliminary Report on Outcomes

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Tsiamtsiouris ◽  
Kim Krieger
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Speech Rate ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Intensive Program ◽  
Adults Who Stutter

Abstract The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that adults who stutter will exhibit significant improvements after attending a residential, 3-week intensive program that focuses on avoidance reduction and stuttering modification therapy. Preliminary analyses focused on four measures: (a) SSI-3, (b) speech rate, (c) S-24 Scale, and (d) OASES. Results indicated significant improvements on all of the measures.

Does Prior Orthographic Experience Influence L1 and L2 Word Segmentation?

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyotsna Vaid ◽  
Hsin-Chin Chen ◽  
Francisco E. Martinez ◽  
Chaitra Rao
Keyword(s):  
Word Segmentation ◽  
L1 And L2
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