Cognitive factors in the perception of Spanish stress placement

Implications for a Model of Speech Perception

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3989372
AutoresTimothy L Face (Portuguese Army, autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume44
Fascículo6
Data de publicação2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLinguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ling.2006.040
OpenAlexW1985776382
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas7

Four cognitive factors potentially influencing the perception of Spanish stress placement are examined experimentally through a nonce word perception task, and the results are considered from the perspective of their implications for a psychological model of perception. The four factors considered for a potential influence on the perception of Spanish stress placement are segmentally similar words, syllable weight, subregularities in the lexicon, and morphological category. Each of these, with the exception of syllable weight, is shown to influence the perception of Spanish stress placement. The results of the experiment probe the structure of the lexicon in a way that shows that speakers are sensitive to lexical organization, and hence provide a window into the lexical system

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Lexicon · Linguistics · Perception · Perspective (graphical) · Speech perception · Stress (linguistics) · Syllable · Artificial Intelligence · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology