Processing Reduced Word-Forms in Speech Perception Using Probabilistic Knowledge About Speech Production

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 244-263

  Mitterer, Holger ^a   McQueen, James M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

t reduction; continuous speech processes; Dutch; eye tracking; spoken word recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; PHONETICS; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOCABULARY;

EID: 60349109890     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012730     Document Type: Article

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