Anne Cutler|Jacques Mehler|Dennis Norris|Juan Seguí
The syllable's differing role in the segmentation of French and English
MRC Biostatistics Unit|Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique|French National Centre for Scientific Research|MRC Biostatistics Unit|French National Centre for Scientific Research
speech segmentation procedures may differ speakers different languages earlier work based french speakers listening french words suggested syllable functions segmentation unit speech processing however french relatively regular clearly bounded syllables languages english trace syllabifying segmentation found english listeners listening english words french words nonsense words french listeners however showed evidence syllabification even listening english words conclude alternative segmentation routines available human language processor cases speech segmentation may involve operation one procedure