The Effect of Sonority on Word Segmentation: Evidence for the Use of a Phonological Universal

It has been well documented how language-specific cues may be used for word segmentation. Here, we investigate what role a language-independent phonological universal, the sonority sequencing principle (SSP), may also play. Participants were presented with an unsegmented speech stream with non-Engli...

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Main Authors: Ettlinger, Marc (Author), Finn, Amy Sue (Contributor), Hudson Kam, Carla L. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor), McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2014-06-30T19:29:25Z.
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