Sonority projection effect in French: A signal detection theory approach

Basirat, Anahita; Patin, Cédric; Jozefowiez, Jeremie

Document type :

Article dans une revue scientifique

DOI :

10.1017/cnj.2021.5

Permalink :

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12210/100199

Title :

Sonority projection effect in French: A signal detection theory approach

Author(s) :

Basirat, Anahita [Auteur]

Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193
Patin, Cédric [Auteur]

Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163
Jozefowiez, Jeremie [Auteur]

Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]

Journal title :

Canadian Journal of Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique

Abbreviated title :

Can. J. Linguist.

Volume number :

Pages :

p.255-266

Publisher :

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Publication date :

2021-06

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences cognitives

English abstract : [en]

Focusing on the Sonority Sequencing Principle (SSP), we investigated the extent to which adult native speakers of French are sensitive to sonority-related constraints compared to lexical attestedness. In a non-word ...
Show more >Focusing on the Sonority Sequencing Principle (SSP), we investigated the extent to which adult native speakers of French are sensitive to sonority-related constraints compared to lexical attestedness. In a non-word acceptability task, participants were asked to rate the acceptability of three types of non-words using a 6-point scale: non-words with attested sonority rising onset, non-words with unattested sonority rising onset, and non-words with unattested sonority falling onset. Data analysis was done using the signal detection theory approach to measure sensitivity of participants to lexical attestedness and to phonological well-formedness (i.e., respecting or violating the SSP). The results showed that speakers distinguished well-formed and ill-formed forms even when lexical attestedness was controlled for. This is consistent with previous findings on sonority projection effects. Participants were more sensitive to lexical attestedness than phonological well-formedness. Future research using computational models should investigate mechanisms that could account for these findings, namely whether a similar result would be obtained without including any assumption about the SSP in these models.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
CHU Lille

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Research team(s) :

Équipe Langage

Submission date :

2024-01-10T15:58:39Z
2024-02-12T15:34:15Z
2024-02-12T15:37:51Z

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