Quantifying the functional load of phonemic oppositions, distinctive features, and suprasegmentals

Surendran, D.; Niyogi, Partha

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“…Our proposal shares with entropic accounts (Hockett, 1967;Surendran and Niyogi, 2003;Surendran and Niyogi, 2006) that it incorporates the probability of recognizing words (via contextual predictability). However, the present proposal also incorporates perceptual confusability.…”

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“…Traditional functional load-including recent extensions (Surendran and Niyogi, 2006;Wedel et al, 2013)-fail to capture the fact that real-world spoken word recognition is influenced by wordto-word confusability beyond the confusability of minimal pairs. For example, the perceptual confusability of pairs like /gAt/ and /cOt/ will never be taken into account, yet these two words are likely to be relatively confusable, even in American dialects that preserve the /A/-/O/ distinction.…”

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Grounding sound change in ideal observer models of perception

Burchill¹

2017

Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Cognitive Modeling And Computational Linguistics (CMCL 2017)

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Grounding sound change in ideal observer models of perception

Burchill¹

2017

Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Cognitive Modeling And Computational Linguistics (CMCL 2017)

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“…The concept of functional load can be extended to include a broader sense, that of the informational relevance of linguistic features or classes of such features (see Surendran & Niyogi, 2006). From the viewpoint of functionalist approaches to language (e.g.…”

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“…The main argument I make is that it may be profitable to view the findings through the lens of functional load. This is something of a problematic concept (see Surendran & Niyogi, 2006), and in this chapter I make a distinction between narrow and broad senses of the term in order to clarify and elaborate its meaning.…”

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“…(Bardovi-Harlig, 2007: 59) Whether it is applied to lexico-grammar or phonology, the broad version of functional load therefore indicates some of the constraints on the reduction or alteration of information, and suggests where problems are likely to occur. Although Surendran and Niyogi (2006) take a computational approach, precise measurement is not essential in order to apply the concept and obtain insights into the findings of lingua franca intelligibility research. For example, a consistent finding of such research is that consonants are more important than vowels for intelligibility.…”

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Second Language Pronunciation Assessment

Fulcher¹,

Browne²

2016

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General rightsThis document is made available in accordance with publisher policies. Please cite only the published version using the reference above. Full terms of use are available: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/pure/about/ebr-terms This series brings together titles dealing with a variety of aspects of language acquisition and processing in situations where a language or languages other than the native language is involved. Second language is thus interpreted in its broadest possible sense. The volumes included in the series all offer in their different ways, on the one hand, exposition and discussion of empirical findings and, on the other, some degree of theoretical reflection. In this latter connection, no particular theoretical stance is privileged in the series; nor is any relevant perspective -sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, neurolinguistic, etc. -deemed out of place. The intended readership of the series includes final-year undergraduates working on second language acquisition projects, postgraduate students involved in second language acquisition research, and researchers, teachers and policy-makers in general whose interests include a second language acquisition component. Second Language Pronunciation Assessment SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITIONFull details of all the books in this series and of all our other publications can be found on http://www.multilingual-matters.com, or by writing to Multilingual Matters, St Nicholas House, 31-34 High Street, Bristol BS1 2AW, UK. SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: 107 Second Language Pronunciation AssessmentInterdisciplinary Perspectives All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. Edited by Talia Isaacs and Pavel Trofi movich MULTILINGUAL MATTERSThe policy of Multilingual Matters/Channel View Publications is to use papers that are natural, renewable and recyclable products, made from wood grown in sustainable forests. In the manufacturing process of our books, and to further support our policy, preference is given to printers that have FSC and PEFC Chain of Custody certification. The FSC and/or PEFC logos will appear on those books where full certification has been granted to the printer concerned.Typeset by Nova Techset Private Limited, Bengaluru and Chennai, India. Printed and bound in the UK by the CPI Books Group Ltd. Printed and bound in the US by Edwards Brothers Malloy, Inc. In Memory of Alan Davies and Danielle Guénette AcknowledgementsThis edited volume, which brings together different but complementary research perspectives to establish a common platform in which to discuss issues relevant to assessing second language (L2) pronunciation, would not have been possible without the contributions and commitment of the authors, who explore key issues through different disciplinary lenses in the chapters that make up this volume. The vision for the book arose during a cold Canadian winter at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century, when a sense of momentum for i...

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On the role of contrastivity in the development of the /e $$\sim \upvarepsilon /$$ ∼ ε / merger in Korean

Eychenne

Jang

2018

J East Asian Linguist

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Quantifying the functional load of phonemic oppositions, distinctive features, and suprasegmentals

Cited by 61 publications

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Grounding sound change in ideal observer models of perception

Grounding sound change in ideal observer models of perception

Second Language Pronunciation Assessment

On the role of contrastivity in the development of the /e $$\sim \upvarepsilon /$$ ∼ ε / merger in Korean

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