Sentence context influences the subjective perception of foreign accents.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.11.011
Abstract: We examined whether sentence context (the predictability of the final word) influences listeners' ratings of foreign-accented words. Previous work has demonstrated that accent manipulations affect listeners' processing of spoken language. We examined the converse of… read more here.
Keywords: context influences; foreign accented; influences subjective; sentence ... See more keywords
Understanding environmental sounds in sentence context
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2017.12.009
Abstract: There is debate about how individuals use context to successfully predict and recognize words. One view argues that context supports neural predictions that make use of the speech motor system, whereas other views argue for… read more here.
Keywords: context; spoken words; environmental sounds; sentence context ... See more keywords
Speech Perception: Phonological Neighborhood Effects on Word Recognition Persist Despite Semantic Sentence Context
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DOI: 10.1177/0031512519870032
Abstract: This study tested the hypothesis that two lexical properties, both phonological neighborhood density (ND) and neighborhood frequency (NF), influence the recognition of target words when preceded by either a semantically congruent or semantically neutral context.… read more here.
Keywords: semantic sentence; recognition; sentence; sentence context ... See more keywords