Segmentation of speech in a foreign language. Pilon, R. J. Psycholinguist. Res., 10(2):113 - 122, 1981.
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Naturalness judgments of 45 undergraduates regarding 3 syntactically defined pauses were obtained using a paired-presentation, forced-choice paradigm. It was hypothesized that segmentation skill developed through exposure to lexical and syntactic markers. Results indicate that lexical and syntactic markers exist and can be utilized by Ss in segmenting speech. Contrary to previous research, exposure did not facilitate performance. All groups discriminated constituents from either words or syllables, and words from syllables. Results challenge the credibility of traditional associationist accounts of language acquisition and speech perception.
@Article{Pilon1981,
  author   = {Pilon, Robert},
  journal  = {J. Psycholinguist. Res.},
  title    = {Segmentation of speech in a foreign language.},
  year     = {1981},
  issn     = {0090-6905},
  number   = {2},
  pages    = {113 - 122},
  volume   = {10},
  abstract = {Naturalness judgments of 45 undergraduates regarding 3 syntactically
	defined pauses were obtained using a paired-presentation, forced-choice
	paradigm. It was hypothesized that segmentation skill developed through
	exposure to lexical and syntactic markers. Results indicate that
	lexical and syntactic markers exist and can be utilized by Ss in
	segmenting speech. Contrary to previous research, exposure did not
	facilitate performance. All groups discriminated constituents from
	either words or syllables, and words from syllables. Results challenge
	the credibility of traditional associationist accounts of language
	acquisition and speech perception.},
  doi      = {10.1007/bf01068032},
  keywords = {lexical & syntactic markers, segmentation of speech in foreign language, college students, Foreign Languages, Speech Perception, Syntax},
}

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