TY - BOOK ID - 17318919 TI - Experimental linguistics : integration of theories and applications AU - Prideaux, Gary Dean. AU - Derwing, Bruce L. AU - Baker, William J. PY - 2013 VL - 3 SN - 9064391645 9789027270863 9027270864 9789064391644 9064392129 9789064392122 1299927092 PB - Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Co., DB - UniCat KW - Linguistics, Experimental KW - Anglais (langue) KW - Engels KW - Linguistique KW - Taalkunde KW - Linguistics KW - 800 KW - 800 Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek KW - Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek KW - Experimental linguistics KW - Linguistics, Experimental. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17318919 AB - In order to isolate the major perceptual dimensions involved in the recognition of selected English consonants, four experiments were conducted. The first experiment attempted to characterize the nature of the perceptual space for English consonants, while the second was a replication and extension of the first, with the results being analyzed using multidimensional scaling (MDS). The third experiment attempted to test the predictive validity of the original MDS interpretation. The fourth experiment was a preliminary investigation of the impact of the method of measuring perceptual proximity u ER -