Speech perception.
@article{Diehl2004SpeechP, title={Speech perception.}, author={Randy L. Diehl and Andrew Lotto and Lori L. Holt}, journal={Annual review of psychology}, year={2004}, volume={55}, pages={ 149-79 } }
This chapter focuses on one of the first steps in comprehending spoken language: How do listeners extract the most fundamental linguistic elements-consonants and vowels, or the distinctive features which compose them-from the acoustic signal? We begin by describing three major theoretical perspectives on the perception of speech. Then we review several lines of research that are relevant to distinguishing these perspectives. The research topics surveyed include categorical perception, phonetic…
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