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SUMMARY:Are individual differences in cue weight strategies contrast-specific? - Professor Alan Yu\, University of Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Phonological categories are generally defined by multiple acoustic dimensions. Recent studies have found that listeners of the same gender and dialect group give differential weighting to dimensions in phonetic categorization. What factors govern the differences between individuals remain a largely unanswered question. Variability may stem from differences in individual perceptual experience or the influence of some contrast-independent cognitive mechanism that modulates speech processing strategies. This study examines the relationship between perceptual behaviors across three categorization tasks concerning three sets of phonological contrasts in English (i.e. the effects of VOT and f0 on voicing identification\, the effects of spectral and duration information on i/ɪ identification\, and the effects of vowel on sibilant identification) and show that\, while individuals vary in their cue weightings for each contrast\, the weight settings across contrasts are not random. Implications of these findings for models of speech perception and language variation and change will be discussed. \n—— \nAll are welcome to attend! \nTo get to the venue\, take MTR HKU Station exit C1. Then the escalator/lift up to the footbridge. Cross the footbridge into HKU. You are now at the bottom of the Run Run Shaw Tower; Take the elevator up to the ground floor. Pass the visitor’s center and take the stairs or elevator on right just past Bijas restaurant up to the second floor. The seminar will be held in room 2.16
URL:https://linguistics.hku.hk/event/are-individual-differences-in-cue-weight-strategies-contrast-specific-professor-alan-yu-university-of-chicago/
LOCATION:Room 2.16\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20170921T153000
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SUMMARY:The Role of Iconicity in Sign Language Acquisition - Gerardo Ortega\, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics\, Nijmegen
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \nThe study of iconicity\, defined as the direct relationship between a linguistic form and its referent\, has gained momentum in recent years. In the spoken modality\, there is abundant evidence showing that iconicity is a key factor that facilitates acquisition. However\, when we look at sign languages\, which excel in the prevalence of iconic structures\, there is a more mixed picture. While the first studies investigating first language (L1) acquisition report a null or negative effect of iconicity\, recent studies show that it may be a key factor that facilitates lexical development in deaf children. Similarly\, studies exploring the acquisition of a sign language as a second language (L2) by hearing adults show positive and negative effects in lexical development. In this talk I will present a number of empirical studies that aim to reconcile these conflicting arguments. Regarding L1 acquisition I will argue that the contradicting findings may relate to iconicity being defined in a very broad sense\, and that when operationalise iconicity into more fine-grained types we can observe an effect. In particular I will argue that signs representing bodily actions may occupy a chief place in sign L1 acquisition. Regarding sign L2 acquisition\, I will demonstrate that there is a clear dissociation in the effect of iconicity in that it facilitates conceptual-semantic aspects of sign learning but hinders the acquisition of the exact phonological form of signs. I will argue that when we consider the gradient nature of iconicity and that signs consist of a phonological form attached to a meaning we can discern how iconicity impacts sign learning in positive and negative ways.
URL:https://linguistics.hku.hk/event/the-role-of-iconicity-in-sign-language-acquisition-gerardo-ortega-max-planck-institute-for-psycholinguistics-nijmegen/
LOCATION:Room 4.04\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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