Phonologists and psycholinguists draw a three-way distinction amongst real words, possible words, and impossible words.The distinction between real words and possible words provides the foundation for lexical decision experiments. The distinction between possible words and impossible words reveals implicit cognitive generalizations about words in a language, and thereby contributes to the under...

We describe a system for the training of Second Language Acquisition Pronunciation (SLAP) for nonnative speakers. This speech recognition-based system is designed to mimic the valuable interactions between second-language students a d a fluent teacher. For OUT system, when a student speaks a word into SLAP’S microphone, it is analyzed to determine the p m of the word (if any) that is incorrectl...

Auditory feedback (AF), the speech signal received by a speaker's own auditory system, contributes to the online control of speech movements. Recent studies based on AF perturbation provided evidence for abnormalities in the integration of auditory error with ongoing articulation and phonation in persons who stutter (PWS), but stopped short of examining connected speech. This is a crucial limit...