On 2022-05-02 10:37, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
> Phoneticians divide the speech sounds we make into about 200-odd distinguishable phonemes. Specific languages use a subset of these, often lumping similar sounds together. English has about 44 phonemes
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> https://magoosh.com/english-speaking/44-phonemes-in-english-and-other-sound-blends/
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> though it varies a bit between dialects. All English speakers hear "r" and "l" as distinct phonemes. Japanese speakers have to make an effort to make the distinction.
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> When normal adults listen to an unfamiliar speaker, they adjust the threshold between phonemes to match what that speaker produces. It happens rapidly and automatically, so you can induce the threshold shift. and demonstrate that it has happen in a ten minute lab experiment. The shift is specific to the individual speaker.
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> Children don't do it, and it turns out that adults who been diagnosed as on on the autism spectrum don't do it either.
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I am interested in this you say, on the last two paragraphs.

Do you have links that expand on this?

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Cheers, Carlos.