Language Dynamics: Sound Categorization
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Speech perception depends largely on information in an acoustic stream that is inherently dynamic: it changes constantly and fades rapidly. Transitions occur on many levels, from those between sound segments to syntactic adjustments. The present paper describes a program of research that is based on the idea that speech sound categorization occurs via transitions between attractors in a dynamical system. The dynamical system is structured by the native phonological system, as it is instantiated in the individual listener. Phonological learning is conceptualized as the emergence of attractors in the existing dynamical system. Nonlinear dynamic models, constrained by empirical data, are used to inform further research. .
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