Native listening : language experience and the recognition of spoken words /

An argument that the way we listen to speech is shaped by our experience with our native language. Understanding speech in our native tongue seems natural and effortless; listening to speech in a nonnative language is a different experience. In this book, Anne Cutler argues that listening to speech...

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Main Author: Cutler, Anne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2012.
©2012
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780262305457
0262305453
0262527510
9780262527514
1283550075
9781283550079
9786613862525
6613862525
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Listening and native language
  • What is spoken language like?
  • Words : how they are recognized
  • Words : how they are extracted from speech
  • Words : how impossible ones are ruled out
  • What is spoken language like? Part 2 : the fine structure of speech
  • Prosody
  • Where does language-specificity begin?
  • Second-language listening : sounds to words
  • Second-language listening : words in their speech contexts
  • The plasticity of adult speech perception
  • Conclusion : the architecture of a native listening system.