{"id":4619,"date":"2026-07-06T14:26:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T06:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguistics.hku.hk\/ldlhku\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2026-07-06T14:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T06:26:53","slug":"the-development-of-spectral-and-temporal-encodings-in-speech-sounds-published-in-the-association-for-computational-linguistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguistics.hku.hk\/ldlhku\/archives\/4619","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Development of Spectral and Temporal Encodings in Speech Sounds\u201d published in the Association for Computational Linguistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We report a new publication by Frank and Youngah titled \u201cThe development of spectral and temporal encodings in speech sounds,\u201d published in the <em>Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics 2026<\/em> of the Association for Computational Linguistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this study, the authors investigate how humans distinguish speech sounds by examining two key types of information: spectral properties (the frequency-based characteristics that define phonemes) and positional information (where sounds occur within a sequence). While prior neuroscience and behavioural research has shown that humans can process both, the developmental trajectory of these encodings remains unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study evaluates how representations learned by the model evolve over time using ABX discrimination tests, a method commonly used to assess perceptual similarity. The results show that the model develops a strong ability to distinguish spectral features, aligning with findings from neuroscience on auditory processing. In addition, the model demonstrates independent encoding of positional information, evidenced by its accurate temporal discrimination of speech sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-subtle-background-background-color has-background\"><strong>Tan, F. L. H.,<\/strong> &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Do, Y.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2026). The development of spectral and temporal encodings in speech sounds. In<em>&nbsp;Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics 2026&nbsp;<\/em>(pp.113\u2013126). Association for Computational Linguistics.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.18653\/v1\/2026.scil-main.11\"><span class=\"material-symbols-outlined\">open_in_new<\/span>DOI<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We report a new publication by Frank and Youngah titled \u201cThe development of spectral and temporal encodings in speech sounds,\u201d published in the Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics 2026 of the Association for Computational Linguistics. In this study, the authors investigate how humans distinguish speech sounds by examining two key types of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,9,47],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.hku.hk\/ldlhku\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.hku.hk\/ldlhku\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.hku.hk\/ldlhku\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.hku.hk\/ldlhku\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.hku.hk\/ldlhku\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4619"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.hku.hk\/ldlhku\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4625,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.hku.hk\/ldlhku\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions\/4625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.hku.hk\/ldlhku\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.hku.hk\/ldlhku\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.hku.hk\/ldlhku\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.hku.hk\/ldlhku\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}