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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- © 2008 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, D-10785 Berlin
- ISSN
- 0936-5907
- eISSN
- 1613-3641
- DOI
- 10.1515/COGL.2008.019
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
This paper combines quantitative corpus data and experimental evidence to address the question whether speech perception is influenced by knowledge of grammatical constructions and, more specifically, knowledge of preferred collocation patterns of these constructions. Lexical identification tasks are devised in which subjects are presented with synthesized, phonetically ambiguous stimuli. The results suggest that knowledge of constructions and collocations influences speech perception, thus providing evidence for a usage-based, non-modular view of grammar.
Journal
Cognitive Linguistics – de Gruyter
Published: Aug 1, 2008
Keywords: modularity of grammar ; constructions ; collocations ; lexical identification task ; phonemic boundaries ; compensation for coarticulation