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Compensation for language-specific rules

Compensation for language-specific rules. Linguistics 820 John Kingston 25 April 2007. Darcy, Ramus, Christophe, Kinzler, & Dupoux (in press). Do French listeners compensate for voicing but not place assimilation, and English listeners for place but not voicing assimilation?.

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Compensation for language-specific rules

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  1. Compensation for language-specific rules Linguistics 820 John Kingston 25 April 2007

  2. Darcy, Ramus, Christophe, Kinzler, & Dupoux (in press) Do French listeners compensate for voicing but not place assimilation, and English listeners for place but not voicing assimilation? Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  3. Experiment 1: French • Voicing assimilation • lac [lak] > [lag] • robe [ʁob] > [ʁop] • Contexts: • No change [l] limpide, [ʁ]rouge • Viable [ʒ] gelé, [s] sale • Unviable [n] nordique, [n] noir Assimilation always produces non-words Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  4. Experiment 1: French • Place assimilation: • prune [pryn] > [prym] • guide [gid] > [gib] • Contexts: • No change [ʒ] juteuses, [ʁ] raciste • Viable [p] pourries, [b] bourru • Unviable [s] sucrées, [v] vulgaire Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  5. Control: Detection of change in isolation Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  6. mm mm Index: ss ss ss nm nm Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  7. Experiment 1: Summary • French listeners compensate for voicing assimilation far better than place assimilation. • Weaker compensation for place assimilation. Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  8. Experiment 2: English • Voicing assimilation • black [blæk] > [blæg] • drab [dræb] > [dræp] • Contexts: • No change [r] rug, [l] lighting • Viable [g] glove, [p] painting • Unviable [r] rag, [m] make-up Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  9. Experiment 2: English • Place assimilation: • clean [klin] > [klim] • sweet [swit] > [swik] • Contexts: • No change [f] fork, [tʃ] chocolate • Viable [p] pan, [k] cocktail • Unviable [s] spoon, [l] liquor Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  10. Control: Detection of change in isolation Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  11. Index: sn nn nn sn sn sn sn voiced to voiceless, dra[b] as dra[p] > voiceless to voiced, bla[k] > bla[g] Indices: ss Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  12. Experiment 2: Summary • English listeners compensate better for place than voice assimilation. • Devoicing more native than voicing. Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  13. Discussion • More compensation for effects of native assimilation by French than English listeners. • Voicing assimilation more categorical than place assimilation? • Place cues less robust/more variable than voice cues? Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  14. Darcy, Peperkamp, & Dupoux (in press) • Cross-language • Beginning vs advanced L2 Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  15. Interaction: ss ss sn Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  16. ss sm Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  17. Interaction: ss sm nn Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  18. Summary • Compensation: • Beginning: L1 > L2 • Advanced: • L2 = French: L2 > L1 • L2 = English: L2 = L1 Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

  19. ? • Is compensation immediate, i.e. perceptual, or late, i.e. post-perceptual? • See Mike Key for the answer! Hearing precedes knowledge: Harvard University

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