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Japanese perceptual epenthesis is modulated by transitional probability
Abstract: Perceptual epenthesis is the perception of illusory vowels in consonantal sequences that violate native phonotactics. The consensus has been that each language has a single, predictable candidate for perceptual epenthesis, that vowel which is most minimal (i.e., shortest and/or quietest). However, recent studies have shown that alternate epenthetic vowels can be perceived when the perceptual epenthesis of the minimal vowel would violate native co-occurrence restrictions. We propose a potential explanation for these observed patterns: speech perception, and thus also vowel perceptual epenthesis, is modulated by transitional probability whereby epenthetic vowels must conform to the language specific expectations of the listener. To test this explanation, we present two experiments examining perceptual epenthesis of two Japanese vowels—/u/ and /i/—against their transitional probability in CV sequences. In Experiment 1, Japanese listeners assigned VCCV tokens to VCuCV and VCiCV categories. In Experiment 2, participants discriminated VCCV tokens from VCuCV and VCiCV tokens. The results show that sequences where /i/ is transitionally probable are more likely to elicit /i/ perceptual epenthesis.
Keyword: Japanese language; speech perception; vowels; XXXXXX - Unknown
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:58162
https://doi.org/10.1177/0023830920930042
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Japanese vowel devoicing modulates perceptual epenthesis
Kilpatrick, Alexander J.; Kawahara, Shigeto; Bundgaard-Nielsen, Rikke L. (R14172). - : Canberra, A.C.T., Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association, 2018
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Perception of Cantonese tones by Mandarin speakers
Wu, Mengyue; Bundgaard-Nielsen, Rikke L. (R14172); Baker, Brett. - : U.K., University of Glasgow, 2015
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Wubuy coronal stop perception by speakers of three dialects of Bangla
Bundgaard-Nielsen, Rikke L. (R14172); Baker, Brett; Maxwell, Olga. - : Rundle Mall, S.A., Causal Productions, 2015
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A comparison of the acoustics of nonsense and real word stimuli : coronal stops in Bengali
Maxwell, Olga; Baker, Brett; Bundgaard-Nielsen, Rikke L. (R14172). - : U.K., University of Glasgow, 2015
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Articulatory modelling of coronal stop contrasts in Wubuy
Proctor, Michael; Bundgaard-Nielsen, Rikke L.; Best, Catherine T.. - : Canberra, A.C.T., ASSTA, 2010
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Tongue body position differences in the coronal stop consonants of Wubuy
Kroos, Christian (R11604); Bundgaard-Nielsen, Rikke L.; Goldstein, Louis. - : Canberra, A.C.T., ASSTA, 2010
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