PSYC 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Speech Segmentation, Morpheme, Parsing
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A sequence of words that conforms to the rules of syntax (and so has the right constituents in the right sequence). Psycholinguists distinguish content (the primary carriers of meaning) from function (which specify the relations among words). The basic categories of sound used to convey language. For example, the words peg and beg difer. [p] in one case, [b] in the other. One of the properties that distinguishes different categories of speech sounds. manner of production. The way in which a speaker momentarily obstructs the flow of air out of the lungs to produce a speech sound. The position at which a speaker momentarily obstructs the flow of air out of the lungs to produce a speech sound. For example, the [b] sound is the lips; the [d] sound is created by the tongue briefly touching the roof of the mouth. speech segmentation.
