PSY2002 W2 Language II: Speech Perception - L Flashcards
Bottom up processing
Sensory input up to semantic understanding.
Top down processing
Already estabilished knowledge apply down to sensory input.
Mental lexicon access
You access your mental lexicon when you process speech. You access the phonological which will then access syntax, then access semantic meaning and that might also access orthographic meaning
Categoricla perception
Ability to distinguish between sounds on a continuum based on Voice Onset Times (VOT) (holding onto your throat) - Va vs. Fa
What’s word length’s influence on speed of lexical access?
long word, slower to process shorter words take less time to access (DOG/MICROSCOPE)
Perceptual learning
Adjust categorical percepiton based on scounds we hear.
What does frequency have to do with speed of lexical access?
the more frequently word is accessed in lexicon the quicker you can access it.
Example of cohort model
If a word starts with “AP” it will be activated [apple, apart, ape, April] as we get more information, we start to disactivate words that no longer match the acoustic information.
What type of processing happens (cohort model?
Bottom-up processing, from sensory input to semantic meaning. We activate the cohort based on the initial phoneme.
What s the cohort model?
Lexical activation of the ‘cohort’ that match the input. Gradual de-activation of items that fail to match the input. Lexical activation, uniqueness point.
What is a uniqueness point?
is when all the other words have been disactivated, we only have one word left standing, [Apric] you can have the uniqueness point before hearing the whole word.
What does the TRACE model predict?
predicts that features activate phonemes that activate words with a gradual increase in activation of words that match all features so that the word with the most activation wins (option 3) [gradually activate words]
What are two models of speech comprehension?
TRACE model and the Cohort model
What does the cohort model predict?
predicts that we access words in the lexicon via activation of all words sharing initial features and gradually de-activate words that stop matching the features (option 2) [last word standing]
When matching sounds to mental representations what do we do?
Actiate words that match the sounds at each point in the unfolding speech stream, activated all matching wrds and gradually deactivate words that no longer match, gradually activate matching words until one word has more activatin than others.
What are some lexical characteritics that effect speed of lexical access?
Neighbourhood density, freuqency, word length
What evidence is in favor of the cohort model?
Gating Experiments ( Warren & Marslen-Wilson)