A New Proposal for Phoneme Acquisition: Computing Speaker-Specific Distribution
Speech is an acoustically variable signal, and one of the sources of this variation is the presence of multiple speakers. Empirical evidence has suggested that adult listeners possess remarkably sensitive (and systematic) abilities to process speech signals, despite speaker variability. It includes...
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| description | Speech is an acoustically variable signal, and one of the sources of this variation is the presence of multiple speakers. Empirical evidence has suggested that adult listeners possess remarkably sensitive (and systematic) abilities to process speech signals, despite speaker variability. It includes not only a sensitivity to speaker-specific variation, but also an ability to utilize speaker variation with other sources of information for further processing. Recently, many studies also showed that young children seem to possess a similar capacity. This suggests continuity in the processing of speaker-dependent speech variability, and suggests that this ability could also be important for infants learning their native language. In the present paper, we review evidence for speaker variability and speech processing in adults, and speaker variability and speech processing in young children, with an emphasis on how they make use of speaker-specific information in word learning situations. Finally, we will build on these findings to make a novel proposal for the use of speaker-specific information processing in phoneme learning in infancy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a312ec93437473c8ed925a1b1ae7db42023-12-03T11:52:14ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252021-02-0111217710.3390/brainsci11020177A New Proposal for Phoneme Acquisition: Computing Speaker-Specific DistributionMihye Choi0Mohinish Shukla1Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USASpeech is an acoustically variable signal, and one of the sources of this variation is the presence of multiple speakers. Empirical evidence has suggested that adult listeners possess remarkably sensitive (and systematic) abilities to process speech signals, despite speaker variability. It includes not only a sensitivity to speaker-specific variation, but also an ability to utilize speaker variation with other sources of information for further processing. Recently, many studies also showed that young children seem to possess a similar capacity. This suggests continuity in the processing of speaker-dependent speech variability, and suggests that this ability could also be important for infants learning their native language. In the present paper, we review evidence for speaker variability and speech processing in adults, and speaker variability and speech processing in young children, with an emphasis on how they make use of speaker-specific information in word learning situations. Finally, we will build on these findings to make a novel proposal for the use of speaker-specific information processing in phoneme learning in infancy.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/2/177speaker variabilitydistributional learningspeech perceptionphonemic categorieslanguage acquisition |
| spellingShingle | Mihye Choi Mohinish Shukla A New Proposal for Phoneme Acquisition: Computing Speaker-Specific Distribution Brain Sciences speaker variability distributional learning speech perception phonemic categories language acquisition |
| title | A New Proposal for Phoneme Acquisition: Computing Speaker-Specific Distribution |
| title_full | A New Proposal for Phoneme Acquisition: Computing Speaker-Specific Distribution |
| title_fullStr | A New Proposal for Phoneme Acquisition: Computing Speaker-Specific Distribution |
| title_full_unstemmed | A New Proposal for Phoneme Acquisition: Computing Speaker-Specific Distribution |
| title_short | A New Proposal for Phoneme Acquisition: Computing Speaker-Specific Distribution |
| title_sort | new proposal for phoneme acquisition computing speaker specific distribution |
| topic | speaker variability distributional learning speech perception phonemic categories language acquisition |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/2/177 |
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