Understanding Language
An Information-Processing Analysis of Speech Perception, Reading, and Psycholinguistics
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Understanding Language: An Information-Processing Analysis of Speech Perception, Reading, and Psycholinguistics focuses on the progress of approaches, principles, and practices involved in speech perception, reading, and psycholinguistics. The selection first offers information on language and information processing, articulatory and acoustic characteristics of speech sounds, and acoustic features in speech perception. Discussions focus on vowel and consonant recognition, production of speech sounds, general acoustic properties and occurrence of speech sounds, vowel phonemes of English, and information, auditory, and visual information processing. The text then examines preperceptual images, processing time, and perceptual units in speech perception, theories of perception, and visual features, preperceptual storage, and processing time in reading. Topics include processing time, visual features, summary of information-processing analysis of speech perception, role of linguistic structure in model building, and preperceptual images and processing time. The manuscript takes a look at an analysis of psychological studies of grammar, word and phrase recognition in speech processing, and linguistic theory and information processing, including psychological function of certain transformation rules, psychological reality of constituent structure, and linguistics and psychology. The selection is a vital source of data for researchers interested in speech perception, reading, and psycholinguistics.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Part I Introduction
1 Language and Information Processing
I. Introduction
II. Information Processing
III. Auditory Information Processing
IV. Visual Information Processing
V. Conclusion
References
Part II Speech Perception
2 Articulatory and Acoustic Characteristics of Speech Sounds
I. Introduction
II. Production of Speech Sounds
III. General Acoustic Properties of Speech Sounds
IV. Articulation of Speech Sounds
V. Occurrence of Speech Sounds
VI. Vowel Phonemes of English
VII. Coarticulation
VIII. Consonant Phonemes of English
IX. Individual Differences
X. Distinctive Features
References
3 Acoustic Features in Speech Perception
I. Introduction
II. Primary Recognition
III. Vowel Recognition
IV. Consonant Recognition
V. Conclusion
References
4 Preperceptual Images, Processing Time, and Perceptual Units in Speech Perception
I. Introduction
II. Primary Recognition
III. Preperceptual Images and Processing Time
IV. Perceptual Units
V. Primary and Secondary Recognition
VI. Conclusion
References
5 Theories of Speech Perception
I. Introduction
II. Summary of Information-Processing Analysis of Speech Perception
III. Descriptions of the Theories
IV. The Role of Linguistic Structure in Model Building
V. Summary
References
Part III Reading
6 Visual Features, Preperceptual Storage, and Processing Time in Reading
I. Introduction
II. Visual Features
III. Preperceptual Storage
IV. Processing Time
References
7 Primary and Secondary Recognition in Reading
I. Introduction
II. Utilization of Redundancy
III. Phonological Mediation
IV. Nonmediated Models of Reading
V. Mediated Models of Reading
References
8 Reading Eye Movements from an Information-Processing Point of View
I. Introduction: Significance of Reading Eye Movements
II. Characteristics of Reading Eye Movements
III. Oculomotor Control During Reading
IV. Summary and Conclusion
References
Part IV Psycholinguistics
9 Linguistic Theory and Information Processing
I. Introduction
II. Linguistics and Psychology
III. Theories of Grammar
IV. Semantics and Syntax
V. Models of the Language User
VI. Summary
References
10 Word and Phrase Recognition in Speech Processing
I. Introduction
II. Word Recognition and Context
III. Acoustic Cues to Grammatical Structure
IV. Click Localization
V. Summary
References
11 An Analysis of Some Psychological Studies of Grammar: The Role of Generated Abstract Memory
I. Introduction
II. The Nature of Short-Term Memory (STM)
III. The Psychological Reality of Constituent Structure
IV. The Psychological Function of Certain Transformation Rules
V. Summary
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 452
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 1975
- Published: January 1, 1975
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9781483258287
About the Editor
Dominic W. Massaro
Affiliations and Expertise
Wisconsin Research and Development Center
for Individualized Schooling
University of Wisconsin