The Penefit of salience: salient accented, but not unaccented words reveal accent adaptation effects

In two eye-tracking experiments, the effects of salience in accent training and speech accentedness on spoken-word recognition were investigated. Salience was expected to increase a stimulus’ prominence and therefore promote learning. A training-test paradigm was used on native German participants u...

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Main Authors: Ann-Kathrin eGrohe, Andrea eWeber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00864/full