The "soul" of language does not use statistics: Reflections on vowels and consonants

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dc.contributor.authorMehler, Jacques
dc.contributor.authorPena, Marcela
dc.contributor.authorNespor, Marina
dc.contributor.authorBonatti, Luca
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T12:44:15Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T12:44:15Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThis paper reviews studies of language processing with the aim of establishing whether any type of statistical information embedded in linguistic signals can be exploited by the language learner. The constraints as to the information that can be so used, we will argue, should be used to inform theories of language acquisition.
dc.description.abstractWe present two experiments with their respective controls. Both show that consonants (Cs) are much more suitable than vowels (Vs) to parse speech streams using statistical dependencies. These experiments use streams composed of items in which statistical information is carried either by the sequence of consonants or by the sequence of vowels. Both kinds of items are simultaneously present is the speech stream but, crucially, their overlap is only partial. Since the location of dips in transitional probabilities (TPs) between adjacent syllables differ for the first and the second type of sequences, we can explore whether consonants and vowels are equally efficient segments to parse signals. Our results show that "consonant words" (CW) are significantly preferred over "vowel words" (VW).
dc.description.abstractWe discuss the implication of our results for models of language acquisition.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital16-04-2024
dc.format.extent9 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70427-1
dc.identifier.eissn1973-8102
dc.identifier.issn0010-9452
dc.identifier.pubmedidMEDLINE:17131589
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70427-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/77659
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000241974900010
dc.information.autorucPsicología;Peña M;S/I;1002571
dc.issue.numero6
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido parcial
dc.pagina.final854
dc.pagina.inicio846
dc.publisherELSEVIER MASSON, CORP OFF
dc.revistaCORTEX
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectlanguage acquisition
dc.subjectvowels
dc.subjectconsonants
dc.subjectSPEECH-PERCEPTION
dc.subjectCROSS-LANGUAGE
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.titleThe "soul" of language does not use statistics: Reflections on vowels and consonants
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen42
sipa.codpersvinculados1002571
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.indexScopus
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;09-01-2024
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