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Segmenting Nonsense Sanders, Newport Neville (2002) Background Behavioural studies ? adults segment continuous speech using several segmentation cues Problem: these studies cannot distinguish between fast segmentation and slower linguistic processing Speech segmentation has been studied in different groups of speakers (e.g. young infants, bilingual adults, etc) through different tasks There is a need for an experimental task that can be employed with all groups: Recording ERPs! Background (cont) In continuous speech, initial syllables elicit larger negativity (N100) than medial syllables. (Sanders Neville, in press) Initial and medial syllables were controlled for loudness, length and other acoustic characteristics. But….. Research Question Do N100 word-onset effects index speech segmentation rather than acoustic characteristics pertaining to word boundaries? In other words, is speech segmentation affected by lexical processing of speech sounds? Background (recap) In continuous speech, initial syllables elicit larger negativity (N100) than medial syllables. Initial and medial syllables were controlled for loudness, length and other acoustic characteristics. But….. Interesting: Behavioural tests ? exposure to a continuous stream of nonsense words allows listeners to learn to distinguish between nonsense words and part-word items Experimental Design Pre-test ? Subjects listened to 36 pairs of 3-syllable Nonsense Words (NWs) and indicate which of the two items seemed more familiar. Each pair consisted of one of the 6 NWs that would be used later and one part-word items composed of the last syllable of a NW + the first 2 syllables from another word First Test ? Subjects listened to a continuous stream of the 6 NWs (babupu, bupada, dutaba, patubi, pidabu, tutibu), repeated randomly 200 times each The words were generated by text-to-speech synthesis and were sequenced without pauses: Babupubupadababupudutabapatubipidabututibu Experimental Design Pre-test ? Subje