Sensitivity to prosodic cues might be used to constrain lexical search. Indeed, the prosodic organization of speech is such that words are invariably aligned with phrasal prosodic edges, providing a cue to segmentation. In this paper we devise an experimental paradigm that allows us to investigate the interaction between statistical and prosodic cues to extract words from a speech stream. We provide evidence that statistics over the syllables are computed independently of prosody. However, we also show that trisyllabic sequences with high transition probabilities that straddle two prosodic constituents appear not to be recognized. Taken together, our findings suggest that prosody acts as a filter, suppressing possible word-like sequences that span prosodic constituents. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Shukla, M., Nespor, M., Mehler, J. (2007). Interaction between prosody and statistics in segmentation of fluent speech. COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 54(1), 1-32 [10.1016/j.cogpsych.2006.04.002].

Interaction between prosody and statistics in segmentation of fluent speech

NESPOR, MARINA ANTONELLA;
2007

Abstract

Sensitivity to prosodic cues might be used to constrain lexical search. Indeed, the prosodic organization of speech is such that words are invariably aligned with phrasal prosodic edges, providing a cue to segmentation. In this paper we devise an experimental paradigm that allows us to investigate the interaction between statistical and prosodic cues to extract words from a speech stream. We provide evidence that statistics over the syllables are computed independently of prosody. However, we also show that trisyllabic sequences with high transition probabilities that straddle two prosodic constituents appear not to be recognized. Taken together, our findings suggest that prosody acts as a filter, suppressing possible word-like sequences that span prosodic constituents. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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prosody, speech segmentation, statistics
English
2007
54
1
1
32
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Shukla, M., Nespor, M., Mehler, J. (2007). Interaction between prosody and statistics in segmentation of fluent speech. COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 54(1), 1-32 [10.1016/j.cogpsych.2006.04.002].
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