PSYC 2145 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Psycholinguistics, Speech Perception, Mcgurk Effect
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In class exam on language and knowledge (ch 9, 10) on thursday nov 17. Lexical decision zaps lab due tuesday nov 15. The articulators and the different ways of producing stop-consonants. Stop (/b/ , /d/ , /p/ , /t/) Voiced (/b/ , /d/ , /v/) Unvoiced (/p/ , /t/ , /f/) A phoneme is the smallest unit of speech that, if changed, results in a difference in meaning. As in bat vs. pat; bear/bare vs. pear/pair. The difference is enough to create 2 different words. Spelling is irrelevant we are talking about spoken language. Bilabial voiced and unvoiced consonant change the word/meaning. Perception of consonants can require sensitivity to subtle physical differences. If the voicing begins when the lips are together bin. If the voicing begins 25 ms later pin. Fine grain perceptual category knowledge about how these sounds are distributed.
