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Perceptual Adjustments to Multiple Speakers
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Kraljic, Tanya; Samuel, Arthur G. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2007
Different speakers may pronounce the same sounds very differently, yet listeners have little difficulty perceiving speech accurately. Recent research suggests that listeners adjust their preexisting phonemic categories to accommodate speakers' pronunciations ("perceptual learning"). In some cases, these adjustments appear to reflect general…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Auditory Perception, Phonemes, Cognitive Style