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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge, MA :
The MIT Press,
2012.
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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.