Language II: Speech Perception & Production

Question 1

Phonology vs. syntax

Answer 1

• phonology: rules for word sounds
• syntax: word order within a sentence

Question 2

Pragmatics

Answer 2

• word use in context/culture

Question 3

Segmentation

Answer 3

• isolating phonemes/words from sound patterns

Question 4

Co-articulation

Answer 4

• surrounding phonemes impact pronounciation

Question 5

Motor theory (McGurk Effect)

Answer 5

• visual stimuli affects auditory perception

Question 6

TRACE model (connectivist)

Answer 6

• auditory -> phoneme -> word
• possibilities are filtered through bottom-up processes

Question 7

Lexical identification shift (Ganong effect)

Answer 7

• tendency to mistakenly hear real words

Question 8

Phonemic restoration

Answer 8

• likely to “hear” non-present phonemes if they make sense in context

Question 9

WEAVER ++ model

Answer 9

• SERIAL process with independent stages
• idea -> lexical selection -> morphemes -> phonemes -> articulation

Question 10

Spreading activation model

Answer 10

• nodes that interact with one another, similar to TRACE model

Question 11

Evidence for different nodes

Answer 11

• tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) phenomenon