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Examination of perceptual reorganization for nonnative speech contrasts: Zulu click discrimination by English-speaking adults and infants.
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“Adult performance on non-native contrasts could be increased by a number of factors: (i) the use of techniques that minimize the effects of memory (33, 34), (ii) extensive training (35, 36), and (iii) the use of contrasts, such as Zulu clicks, that are not related to native-language categories (37, 38).”
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“These studies suggest that a speech sound from a foreign language that is similar, but not identical, to one in the subject's native language is perceptually assimilated to the native-languagesound (Best, McRoberts, & Sithole, 1988;Flege, 1987).”
From Human adults and human infants show a “perceptual magnet effect” for the prototypes of speech categories, monkeys do not (1991) · cites this paper as Best, McRoberts, & Sithole, 1988
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- Authors
- Best, C. T., McRoberts, G. W., & Sithole, N. M.
- ORCID
- Best, Catherine T.
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
- Published
- 1988
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 345-360
- ISSN
- 0096-1523 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1277
- OpenAlex
- W4238515972
- Cited by
- 400
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 4.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Keywords
- perceptual reorganization, English-speaking adults, infant speech perception, second language acquisition, speech perception development
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