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Material Anchors in Language Learning. [PDF]

open access: yesTop Cogn Sci
Abstract Language‐learning materials are cognitive technologies that aim to facilitate the complex cognitive task of acquiring the means for effective communication in a second language. Blackfoot and Plains Cree are two closely related Indigenous languages spoken in Canada and the United States.
Snoek C.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The self-organization of combinatoriality and phonotactics in vocalization systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper shows how a society of agents can self-organize a shared vocalization system that is discrete, combinatorial and has a form of primitive phonotactics, starting from holistic inarticulate vocalizations. The originality of the system is that: (1)
Oudeyer, Dr. P-Y.
core   +1 more source

The different time course of phonotactic constraint learning in children and adults : evidence from speech errors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Speech errors typically respect the speaker’s implicit knowledge of language-wide phonotactics (e.g., /ŋ/ cannot be a syllable onset in the English language).
Duyck, Wouter   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Learning novel phonotactics from exposure to continuous speech

open access: yesLaboratory Phonology, 2017
Knowledge of phonotactics is commonly assumed to derive from the lexicon. However, computational studies have suggested that phonotactic constraints might arise before the lexicon is in place, in particular from co-occurrences in continuous speech.
Frans Adriaans, Rene Kager
doaj   +2 more sources

Distribution of Nasals in Consonant Clusters; and the Distributional-phonological Characteristics of Loanwords in Persian [PDF]

open access: yes̒Ilm-i Zabān, 2020
In the first part of the article, we looked at the distribution of nasals in Persian (: m & n) to determine how they are distributed in consonant clusters. The results suggest that there is a strong tendency among nasals to be complementarily distributed
Abbas Safardoost   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of associative word learning on phonotactic processing in 6-month-old infants: A combined EEG and fNIRS study

open access: yesDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2017
During early language development native phonotactics are acquired in a ‘bottom-up’ fashion, relying on exquisite auditory differentiation skills operational from birth. Since basic lexico-semantic abilities have been demonstrated from 6 months onwards, ‘
Hellmuth Obrig   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stimuli Selection Criteria for the Experiment “Visual Perception of Imitative Words in Native and Non-Native Language by the Method Lexical Decision”

open access: yesДискурс, 2020
Introduction. The present article is aiming to describe the procedure of stimuli selection for the psycho-semantic experiment on visual perception of imitative words in native (Russian) and non-native language (English). The methodology of the experiment
M. A. Flaksman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Syllable structure in Old, Middle and Modern Persian: A contrastive analysis [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2015
Evolution of languages has always been of interest to linguists.  In this paper we study  the natural progress of the syllable structure from Old  Persian  (O.P)  to Middle Persian (Mi.P) and up to the Modern Persian (Mo.P).
Aliye Kord zaferanlu Kambuziya   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Maximum Entropy Model of Phonotactics and Phonotactic Learning [PDF]

open access: yesLinguistic Inquiry, 2008
The study of phonotactics is a central topic in phonology. We propose a theory of phonotactic grammars and a learning algorithm that constructs such grammars from positive evidence. Our grammars consist of constraints that are assigned numerical weights according to the principle of maximum entropy.
Bruce Hayes, Colin Wilson
openaire   +1 more source

Evidence for the role of German final devoicing in pre-attentive speech processing: a Mismatch Negativity study

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2014
Results of a mismatch negativity experiment are reported in which the pre-attentive relevance of the German phonological alternation of final devoicing is shown in two ways. The experiment employs pseudowords.
Hubert eTruckenbrodt   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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