PS378 Lecture 8: PS378 – Statistical Learning
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Why one and not the other: the contestants were asked whether they heard tudaro or. Why was this important: similar to real situation for babies, shows babies can notice which sound sequences are more frequent than others. If babies do this with their input language, it could be how they pull out words: words=recurring sound sequence. Patterns: not just focused on the exact syllables, but on the. Patterns that the syllables make: no meaning has yet been associated with the sounds! 2: werker & tee (1984): babies no longer recognize universal segmental contrasts, only language-specific, at 6 months, test hindi & salish segment contrasts on. Unfiltered ( clear : babies listen to details, also before 12 months, babies seem to have a receptive vocabulary of about 10 words. Summary: attuned to language sounds before they get stable meaning attached, get attuned to speech via social sounds, but their analysis of speech is not confined to the social domain.
