Anticipatory coarticulation facilitates word recognition in toddlers.
Anticipatory coarticulation facilitates word recognition in toddlers.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cognition.2015.05.009
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发表时间：
2015-09
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3.4
通讯作者：
Edwards J
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作者：
Mahr T;McMillan BT;Saffran JR;Ellis Weismer S;Edwards J
儿童从他们的环境和照顾者那里学习。为了充分利用学习机会，幼儿必须通过整合跨词边界的上下文线索来有效地识别熟悉的单词。先前的研究表明，成年人在单词识别过程中可以使用来自预期协同发音的语音线索。我们询问18-24个月大的婴儿（n = 29）在识别下面的名词时是否使用了单词“the”的协同发音线索。我们进行了一项边听边看的眼球追踪实验，以检验在中性和促进协同发音条件下的单词识别。当决定因素包含辅助发音线索时，参与者会明显更快地看到目标图像。这些结果为单词初学者在单词识别过程中可以利用预期的次音位线索提供了第一个证据。
Children learn from their environments and their caregivers. To capitalize on learning opportunities, young children have to recognize familiar words efficiently by integrating contextual cues across word boundaries. Previous research has shown that adults can use phonetic cues from anticipatory coarticulation during word recognition. We asked whether 18–24 month-olds (n = 29) used coarticulatory cues on the word “the” when recognizing the following noun. We performed a looking-while-listening eyetracking experiment to examine word recognition in neutral versus facilitating coarticulatory conditions. Participants looked to the target image significantly sooner when the determiner contained facilitating coarticulatory cues. These results provide the first evidence that novice word-learners can take advantage of anticipatory sub-phonemic cues during word recognition.