?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Epenthetic+vowels+in+Japanese%3A+A+perceptual+illusion%3F&rft.creator=Dupoux%2C+E.&rft.creator=Kakehi%2C+K.&rft.creator=Hirose%2C+Y.&rft.creator=Pallier%2C+C.&rft.creator=Mehler%2C+J.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=In+four+cross-linguistic+experiments+comparing+French+and+Japanese+hearers%2C+we+found+that+the+phonotactic+properties+of+Japanese+(very+reduced+set+of+syllable+types)+induce+Japanese+listeners+to+perceive+%60%60illusory''+vowels+inside+consonant+clusters+in+VCCV+stimuli.+In+Experiments+1+and+2%2C+we+used+a+continuum+of+stimuli+ranging+from+no+vowel+(e.g.+ebzo)+to+a+full+vowel+between+the+consonants+(e.g.+ebuzo).+Japanese%2C+but+not+French+participants%2C+reported+the+presence+of+a+vowel+%5Bu%5D+between+consonants%2C+even+in+stimuli+with+no+vowel.+A+speeded+ABX+discrimination+paradigm+was+used+in+Experiments+3+and+4%2C+and+revealed+that+Japanese+participants+had+trouble+discriminating+between+VCCV+and+VCuCV+stimuli.+French+participants%2C+in+contrast+had+problems+discriminating+items+that+differ+in+vowel+length+(ebuzo+vs.+ebuuzo)%2C+a+distinctive+contrast+in+Japanese+but+not+in+French.+We+conclude+that+models+of+speech+perception+have+to+be+revised+to+account+for+phonotactically-based+assimilations.&rft.date=1998&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F747%2F1%2Febuzo.ps&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F747%2F5%2Febuzo.pdf&rft.identifier=++Dupoux%2C+E.+and+Kakehi%2C+K.+and+Hirose%2C+Y.+and+Pallier%2C+C.+and+Mehler%2C+J.++(1998)+Epenthetic+vowels+in+Japanese%3A+A+perceptual+illusion%3F++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F747%2F