Units of Speech Perception: Phoneme and Syllable.

Healy, Alice F.; Cutting, James E.

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ERIC Number: EJ138220

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Publication Date: 1976

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Units of Speech Perception: Phoneme and Syllable

Healy, Alice F.; Cutting, James E.

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 15, 1, 73-83, Feb 76

Two detection experiments were conducted with short lists of synthetic speech stimuli where phoneme targets were compared to syllable targets. Results suggest that phonemes and syllables are equally basic to speech perception. (Author/RM)

Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Cognitive Processes, Language Processing, Language Research, Listening Comprehension, Phonemes, Psycholinguistics, Speech, Syllables, Verbal Learning

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