Language Specific Listening of Japanese Geminate Consonants: Cross-linguistic study

Language Specific Listening of Japanese Geminate Consonants: Cross-linguistic study

Various aspects of linguistic experience influence the way we segment, represent, and process speech signals. The Japanese phonetic and orthographic systems represent geminate consonants (double consonants, e.g. /ss/, /kk/) in a unique way compared to other languages: one abstract representation is...

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Main Authors: Makiko eSadakata, Mizuki eShingai, Alex eBrandmeyer, Simone eSulpizio, Kaoru eSekiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Perception
cross-cultural comparison
orthography
consonant
geminates
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01422/full

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