Perceptual dissimilation of /l/ and (not) /n
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22159255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy Hall (0000-0001-9372-6967, California State University, Long Beach), Bianca Godinez (California State University, Long Beach), Megan Walsh (0000-0002-7274-8945, California State University, Long Beach), Megan M Walsh (0000-0002-7247-0920), Megan K Walsh (0000-0002-4220-0890, California State University, Long Beach), Sarah Garcia (0000-0002-6197-8163), S Manso Garcia (0000-0003-1174-2854, California State University, Long Beach), Araceli Carmona (California State University, Long Beach) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 446 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2473-8689 • E-ISSN: 2473-8689 |
| Publisher | Linguistic Society of America (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3765/plsa.v5i1.4737 |
| OpenAlex | W3012680981 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
We test Ohala’s (1993) hypothesis that phonological dissimilation can result from perceptual errors. Using a task in which American English speakers hear and orthographically transcribe nonce words, we test whether they are more likely to omit an acoustically present /l/ or /n/ when heard in a word where another token of the same sound is present. We find that this is the case for /l/ but not for /n/. These results mirror the actual prevalence of dissimilation in American English, where /l/-dissimilation occurs occasionally, but /n/-dissimilation rarely or never
Cognitive psychology · Dissimilation · Linguistics · Perception · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Speech Recognition and Synthesis
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |