On the (non)categorical perception of lexical tones

2003/10/01 by Alexander L. Francis, Valter Ciocca, Brenda Kei Chit Ng · 169 citations
Mathematics · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Artificial intelligence #Auditory perception #Categorical perception #Categorical variable #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Context (archaeology) #Context effect #Contrast (vision) #Geography #Identification (biology) #Linguistic Variation and Morphology #Linguistics #Mathematics #Multisensory perception and integration #Perception #Phonetics and Phonology Research #Psychology #Speech perception #Statistics #Tone (literature)

paper · pdf · doi:10.3758/bf03194832

published in Perception & Psychophysics 65(7), 1029-1044 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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