Resonance in an exemplar-based lexicon:<br>
the emergence of social identity and phonology

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Keith Johnson<br>
Department of Linguistics, UC Berkeley<br>
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Two sets of data are discussed in terms of an exemplar resonance <br>
model of the lexicon.  First, a cross-linguistic review of vowel <br>
formant measurements indicate that phonetic differences between<br>
male and female talkers are a function of language, dissociated to a<br>
certain extent from vocal tract length.  Second, an auditory word<br>
recognition study (Strand, 2000) indicates that listeners can process<br>
words faster when the talker has a stereotypical sounding voice.  An<br>
exemplar resonance model of perception derives these effects suggesting<br>
that reentrant pathways (Edelman, 1987) between cognitive categories<br>
and detailed exemplars of them leads to the emergence of social and<br>
linguistic entities.<br><br>

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