Experimental Phonology (217) / Seminar on Speech Perception (251)

217

Colin Wilson, colin@humnet.ucla.edu

 

Office hours: M 11-1
Prerequisite: Ling. 200A or equivalent
Requirements: readings, class presentation, term paper

 

251

Pat Keating, keating@humnet.ucla.edu

 

Office hours: Tues 2-3, Wed 11-12
Prerequisite: Ling. 104/204 or equivalent
Requirements: (4 units = 251A) readings, term paper; (2 units = 251B) readings

Class: MW 9-11 Rolfe 3106
Section: M 1-2  Campbell 2101K (phonetics lab seminar room)
(see also schedule of Ling. 422 meetings W 1-2, some relevant to 251)

Topics and readings (updated periodically)


Week 1

Monday, October 3

Course introduction: speech perception, word recognition

Wednesday, October 5

Why speech perception is relevant for phonology
Reading: Steriade (1999)


Week 2

Monday, October 10

Cues
Reading: Raphael (2005) [in the RR box]
also recommended and in the box: Wright (2004) for 217, Greenberg (1996) for 251

Wednesday, October 12

Incomplete neutralization
Reading: Gow (2001)


Week 3

Monday, October 17

Selective attention, cue-weighting, and maps
Reading: Escudero & Boersma (2004) for 217; Mayo & Turk (2005) for 251

Wednesday, October 19

Influence of native-language phonology on perception


Week 4

Monday, October 24

Category structure

Reading: Blumstein (2004) for 217; Iverson & Kuhl (1996) for 251

Wednesday, October 26

Exemplar theory

Reading: McClelland & Elman (1988), Allen & Miller (2001)


Week 5

Monday, October 31

Gestural vs auditory-only perception

Reading: choice of Fowler & Galantucci (2005) [in the RR box] or Diehl Lotto & Holt (2004)

Wednesday, November 2

Models of speech perception
Readings: Massaro 1989, Massaro & Friedman 1990; Chater & Christiansen


Week 6

Monday, November 7
Categorical perception
Readings: Strange (1996); optional Schouten et al. (2003)


Wednesday, November 9
Reading: Moreton (2002)


Week 7


Monday, November 14
Experience effects on acuity?
Reading: Johnson (2004); optional Fritz et al. (2003)


Wednesday, November 16



Week 8



Monday, November 21



Wednesday, November 23




Week 9



Monday, November 28



Wednesday, November 30




Week 10



Monday, December 5



Wednesday, December 7