The role of variability in non-native perceptual learning of a Japanese geminate-singleton fricative contrast
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Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2011), pp. 873-876Related links
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Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2011)
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p. 873
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p. 876
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Cognitive artificial intelligence; DI-BCB_DCC_Theme 1: Language and Communication; DI-BCB_DCC_Theme 4: Brain Networks and Neuronal Communication; Learning and Plasticity; PsycholinguisticsAbstract
The current study reports the enhancing effect of a high variability training procedure in the learning of a Japanese geminate-singleton fricative contrast. Dutch natives took part in a five-day training procedure in which they identified geminate and singleton variants of the Japanese fricative /s/.
They heard either many repetitions of a limited set of words recorded by a single speaker (simple training) or fewer repetitions of a more variable set of words recorded by multiple speakers (variable training). Pre-post identification evaluations and a transfer test indicated clear benefits of the variable training
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