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    Do infants detect A→V articulator congruency for non-native click consonants?

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    Best, C.
    Kroos, Christian
    Irwin, J.
    Date
    2011
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    Conference Paper
    
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    Best, C. and Kroos, C. and Irwin, J. 2011. Do infants detect A→V articulator congruency for non-native click consonants? in Salvi, G. et al (ed), Auditory-Visual Speech Processing (AVSP) 2011, Aug 31-Sep 3 2011, pp. 9-14. Volterra, Italy: ISCA.
    Source Title
    Proceedings of Auditory-Visual Speech Processing (AVSP) Conference 2011
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    Auditory-Visual Speech Processing (AVSP) 2011
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41627
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    Abstract

    In a prior study infants habituated to an audio-only labial or alveolar, native English voiceless or non-native ejective stop, then saw silent videos of stops at each place [1]. 4-month-olds gazed more at congruent videos for native and non-native stops. 11-month-olds preferred congruence for native stops but incongruence for non-native ejectives, suggesting language experience biases but does not block detection of non-native A➝V speech relations. But as English adults perceive ejectives as deviant stops [2], we asked whether infants detect A➝V congruence in non-native phones adults hear as nonspeech, i.e., click consonants [3-6]. 4-month-olds preferred incongruency; 11-month-olds showed no preference. We posit that infants prefer A➝V congruency for phones heard as native-like speech; prefer incongruency for phones heard as speech that deviates from native segments; notice extreme deviance earlier (clicks: 4 mo; ejectives: 11 mo); and later treat very deviant phones as discriminable nonspeech sounds [3, 4] that are unrelated to visual speech. Results are at odds with existing AV models, but may be handled by a hybrid of Amodal Articulatory and Intersensory Narrowing views.

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