Phonological universals constrain the processing of nonspeech stimuli

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 418-435

  Berent, Iris ^a   Balaban, Evan ^b   Lennertz, Tracy ^a   Vaknin Nusbaum, Vered ^c,d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d WESTERN GALILEE COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Nonspeech; Optimality theory; Phonological universals; Phonology; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955741184     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020094     Document Type: Article

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