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  Vocabulary structure affects word recognition: Evidence from German listeners

Yu, J., Mailhammer, R., & Cutler, A. (2020). Vocabulary structure affects word recognition: Evidence from German listeners. In N. Minematsu, M. Kondo, T. Arai, & R. Hayashi (Eds.), Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2020 (pp. 474-478). Tokyo: ISCA. doi:10.21437/SpeechProsody.2020-97.

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Yu, Jenny1, 2, Author
Mailhammer, Robert1, Author
Cutler, Anne1, 2, 3, Author           
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1The MARCS Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia, ou_persistent22              
2ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Australia, ou_persistent22              
3Emeriti, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Wundtlaan 1, 6525 XD Nijmegen, NL, ou_2344699              

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 Abstract: Lexical stress is realised similarly in English, German, and
Dutch. On a suprasegmental level, stressed syllables tend to be
longer and more acoustically salient than unstressed syllables;
segmentally, vowels in unstressed syllables are often reduced.
The frequency of unreduced unstressed syllables (where only
the suprasegmental cues indicate lack of stress) however,
differs across the languages. The present studies test whether
listener behaviour is affected by these vocabulary differences,
by investigating German listeners’ use of suprasegmental cues
to lexical stress in German and English word recognition. In a
forced-choice identification task, German listeners correctly
assigned single-syllable fragments (e.g., Kon-) to one of two
words differing in stress (KONto, konZEPT). Thus, German
listeners can exploit suprasegmental information for
identifying words. German listeners also performed above
chance in a similar task in English (with, e.g., DIver, diVERT),
i.e., their sensitivity to these cues also transferred to a nonnative
language. An English listener group, in contrast, failed
in the English fragment task. These findings mirror vocabulary
patterns: German has more words with unreduced unstressed
syllables than English does.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2020-05
 Publication Status: Published online
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.21437/SpeechProsody.2020-97
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Title: 10th International Conference on Speech Prosody 2020
Place of Event: Tokyo, Japan
Start-/End Date: 2020-05-25 - 2020-05-28

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Title: Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2020
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Minematsu, Nobuaki, Editor
Kondo, Mariko, Editor
Arai, Takayuki, Editor
Hayashi, Ryoko, Editor
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Publ. Info: Tokyo : ISCA
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 474 - 478 Identifier: -