On the perception of /s/ and /ʃ/: considering the effects of phonotactics
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2012-06
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The Ohio State University
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The current study explores the interaction between phonological relationships and speech perception. While phonemic status has been thoroughly considered in the speech perception literature, much less research has been devoted to the perception of phones of different phonological status, such as those exhibiting allophony or partial contrast. The goal of the current study was to extend our understanding of partial contrast by considering partial contrast due to phonotactic constraints. Specifically, the research questions were: to what extent do gaps in phonemic distribution affect the perceptual distinctiveness of otherwise contrastive pairs? Within a single language and in a range of environments where a pair of segments differs in degree of contrast, does the degree of perceptual similarity differ, or is perceptual similarity constant no matter the environment?
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Speech Perception, Phonology, Partial Contrast, Linguistics, Fricatives