Abstract
It has been proposed that speech-motor activation observed during comprehension may, in part, reflect involvement of the speech-motor system in
the top-down simulation of upcoming material [14]. In the current study we employed an automated approach to the analysis of ultrasound tongue imaging in order to investigate whether comprehension-elicited effects are observable at an articulatory-output level.
We investigated whether and how lexical predictions affect speech-motor output. Effects were found at a relatively early point during the pre-acoustic phase of articulation, and did not appear to be predicated upon the nature of the phonological-overlap between predicted and named items. In these respects effects related to comprehension-elicited predictions appear to differ in nature from those observed in production and perception experiments.
the top-down simulation of upcoming material [14]. In the current study we employed an automated approach to the analysis of ultrasound tongue imaging in order to investigate whether comprehension-elicited effects are observable at an articulatory-output level.
We investigated whether and how lexical predictions affect speech-motor output. Effects were found at a relatively early point during the pre-acoustic phase of articulation, and did not appear to be predicated upon the nature of the phonological-overlap between predicted and named items. In these respects effects related to comprehension-elicited predictions appear to differ in nature from those observed in production and perception experiments.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 18th ICPhS |
Place of Publication | Glasgow |
Publisher | University of Glasgow |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-85261-941-4, 978-0-85261-942-1 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Publication series
Name | ICPhS Proceedings |
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Publisher | International Phonetic Association: London |
ISSN (Print) | 241-0669 |