[PLing] Jezik & Linguistics Colloquia series: Marco Sala (March 5 @ 13:00)

[Jezik&Linguistics Colloquia]

Dear all,

The Center for Cognitive Modelling of Language and the Center for
Experimental, Formal and Theoretical Linguistics at the University of Nova
Gorica would like to invite you to our next Jezik & Linguistics Colloquium,
to be held on *Thursday, March 5,* at *13:00 CET*, streaming on Zoom
<https://ungsi.zoom.us/j/64832734061?pwd=nTBb6p6d5IIpXaBhISZEcZJ06Xlxh0.1> (
https://ungsi.zoom.us/j/64832734061?pwd=nTBb6p6d5IIpXaBhISZEcZJ06Xlxh0.1).

*Marco Sala* (University of Padova) will be presenting a talk titled *"**Who
will speak? Speaker Identity Shapes Phonological Predictions"*.


*Abstract:*
Prediction models usually assume that highly constraining contexts allow
the pre-activation of phonological information, though supporting evidence
is mixed. We examined whether speaker identity (native vs. foreign) shapes
phonological predictions, exploiting the phonological errors made by
foreign-accented speakers.

We conducted a behavioral study with 52 participants and an ERP study with
42 participants. In both studies, participants read sentence fragments
followed by a final word spoken by a native- or foreign-accented speaker.
The spoken word could be predictable or unpredictable based on the sentence
context. The speaker's identity was either cued or not by an image of the
speaker's face. In the behavioral study, participants performed a lexical
decision task on the spoken word, while in the EEG study, on some
proportion of trials, and with no time pressure.

Cueing the speaker's identity was associated with faster reaction times and
a smaller negative amplitude (300-500 ms) after word onset for predictable
words but not for unpredictable words.
Speech prediction takes into account the phonological variability across
speakers, suggesting that lexical information is preactivated at the
phonological level.


We hope to see you there!



Best,

Artem Novozhilov, on behalf of the Center for Cognitive Modelling of
Language and the Center for Experimental, Formal and Theoretical Linguistics -
University of Nova Gorica
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