Stem similarity modulates infants' acquisition of phonological alternations
Stem similarity modulates infants' acquisition of phonological alternations
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词干相似性调节婴儿语音交替的习得
DOI:
10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104573
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发表时间:
2021
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影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Chong, Adam J.
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作者:
Sundara, Megha;White, James;Kim, Yun Jung;Chong, Adam J.
Phonemes have variant pronunciations depending on context. For instance, in American English, the [t] inpat[pæt] and the [d] inpad[pæd] are both realized with a tap [ɾ] when the–ingsuffix is attached, [pæɾɪŋ]. We show that despite greater distributional and acoustic support for the [t]-tap alternation, 12-month-olds successfully relate taps to stems with a perceptually-similar final [d], not the dissimilar final-[t]. Thus, distributional learning of phonological alternations is constrained by infants' preference for the alternation of perceptually-similar segments. Further, the ability to relate variant surface forms emerges between 8- and 12-months. Our findings of biased learning provide further empirical support for a role for perceptual similarity in the acquisition of linguistically-relevant categories. We discuss the implications of our findings for phonological theory, language acquisition and models of the mental lexicon.
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