How variability shapes learning and generalization

L Raviv, G Lupyan, SC Green - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Learning is using past experiences to inform new behaviors and actions. Because all
experiences are unique, learning always requires some generalization. An effective way of …

Robust speech perception: recognize the familiar, generalize to the similar, and adapt to the novel.

DF Kleinschmidt, TF Jaeger - Psychological review, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Successful speech perception requires that listeners map the acoustic signal to linguistic
categories. These mappings are not only probabilistic, but change depending on the …

[图书][B] Explain me this: Creativity, competition, and the partial productivity of constructions

AE Goldberg - 2019 - books.google.com
Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrained We use words and phrases
creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language …

Computational neuroanatomy of speech production

G Hickok - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2012 - nature.com
Speech production has been studied predominantly from within two traditions,
psycholinguistics and motor control. These traditions have rarely interacted, and the …

[图书][B] English with an accent: Language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States

R Barrett, J Cramer, KB McGowan - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Since its original publication in 1997, Rosina Lippi-Green's English with an Accent has
inspired generations of scholars to investigate linguistic discrimination, social categorization …

[图书][B] Homegirls: Language and cultural practice among Latina youth gangs

N Mendoza-Denton - 2014 - books.google.com
In this ground-breaking new book on the Norteña and Sureña (North/South) youth gang
dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives …

Evidence for phonetic and social selectivity in spontaneous phonetic imitation

M Babel - Journal of Phonetics, 2012 - Elsevier
Spontaneous phonetic imitation is the process by which a talker comes to be more similar-
sounding to a model talker as the result of exposure. The current experiment investigates …

Factors influencing speech perception in the context of a merger-in-progress

J Hay, P Warren, K Drager - Journal of phonetics, 2006 - Elsevier
In New Zealand English there is a merger-in-progress of the near and square diphthongs.
This paper investigates the consequences of this merger for speech perception. We report …

Rapid and multifaceted effects of second-language learning on first-language speech production

CB Chang - Journal of phonetics, 2012 - Elsevier
Despite abundant evidence of malleability in speech production, previous studies of the
effects of late second-language learning on first-language speech production have been …

Stuffed toys and speech perception

J Hay, K Drager - 2010 - degruyter.com
Previous research has shown that speech perception can be influenced by a speaker's
social characteristics, including the expected dialect area of the speaker (Niedzielski …