Perceptual Learning of Systemic Cross-Category Vowel Variation
Kodi Weatherholtz · OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network) · 2015
Phonological processes such as vowel chain shifting result in complex systems of crosscategory vowel variation across spoken varieties of a language (Labov, 1994).The experiments comprising this dissertation aimed to understand how listeners cope with such systemic pronunciation variation to recognize spoken words.Recent research has shown B.2 Experiment 4. Complete set of filler words pronounced with unshifted (standardsounding) vowels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.3 Experiment 4. Complete set of maximal nonwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . .