The present study investigates Salento Italian (SI) listeners’ initial state in the perception of American English (AE) vowels. Results of categorization and discrimination tasks are discussed in terms of the Perceptual Assimilation Model [1] and the Second Language Linguistic Perception model (L2LP; [2]). Further, the categorization results are compared to those of the Peruvian Spanish (PS) li...

The authors propose a global/local processing style model (GLOMO) for assimilation and contrast effects in social judgment. GLOMO is based on Schwarz and Bless' (1992, 2007) inclusion-exclusion model, which suggests that when information is included into a category, assimilation occurs, whereas when information is excluded from a category, contrast occurs. According to GLOMO, inclusion versus e...

The Perceptual Assimilation Model [1] proposes that nonnative contrast discrimination accuracy can be predicted by perceptual assimilation type. However, assimilation types have been based just on auditory–only (AO) citation speech. Since auditory-visual (AV) and clear speech can benefit nonnative speech perception [2, 3], we reasoned that modality and speaking style could influence assimilatio...

Perceptual indicators of multimedia quality have to be taken into account in order to build the truly end-toend communication architectures of the future. This paper investigates the perceptual impact of differing multimedia presentation frame rates on user information assimilation and level of satisfaction. We apply the Quality of Perception (QoP) concept, which encompasses not only a user’s a...

How do L2 learners cope with L2 accent variation? We developed predictions based upon the Perceptual Assimilation Model-L2 (PAM-L2) and tested them in an eye-tracking experiment using the visual world paradigm. L2-English learners in Australia with Chinese L1 were presented with words spoken in familiar Australian-accented English (AusE), and two unfamiliar accents: Jamaican Mesolect English (J...

Models of speech perception attribute a different role to contextual information in the processing of assimilated speech. This study concerned perceptual processing of regressive voice assimilation in French. This phonological variation is asymmetric in that assimilation is partial for voiced stops and nearly complete for voiceless stops. Two auditory-visual cross-modal form priming experiments...