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Phonological structure in speech recognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2008

Anne Cutler
Anne Cutler*
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MRC, Cambridge
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Abstract

Two bodies of recent research from experimental psycholinguistics are summarised, each of which is centred upon a concept from phonology: LEXICAL STRESS and the SYLLABLE. The evidence indicates that neither construct plays a role in prelexical representations during speech recognition. Both constructs, however, are well supported by other performance evidence. Testing phonological claims against performance evidence from psycholinguistics can be difficult, since the results of studies designed to test processing models are often of limited relevance to phonological theory.

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Research Article
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Phonology , Volume 3 , May 1986 , pp. 161 - 178
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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Footnotes

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§§ 2 and 3 of this paper describe a number of joint research projects, in which the collaboration of Chuck Clifton, Jacques Mehler, Dennis Norris and Juan Segui is acknowledged with deep gratitude. The paper itself has benefited greatly from discussions with, and criticisms from, Chris Caning, John Kingston, Bob Ladd, Peter Ladefoged, Terry Moore, Dennis Norris, John Ohala and Bill Sloman. The faults which remain despite the efforts of this galaxy of talent are only the author's responsibility.

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