Perception-production relations in later development of American English rhotics.

ABSTRACT: It is known that some adult listeners have more sharply defined perceptual categories than others, and listeners with more precise auditory targets are also more precise in their production of contrasts. There is additionally evidence that children who have not yet mastered production of a contrast show diminished performance on perceptual measures of the same contrast. To date, however, few studies have investigated developmental perception-production relations using the fine-grained measures typical of adult studies. Existing evidence suggests that perception and production can be closely connected in development, but this relationship may break down as perception and articulation mature at different rates. This study evaluated perception and production of the English /r-w/ contrast in 4

SUBMITTER: McAllister Byun T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5313169 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature