title: Illusory double epenthesis in the [s_V] context among Japanese listeners: an exploratory study.
abstract: Previous studies showed that English listeners tend to hear an [s_V] segment with [_] a silent gap as [sCV], where [C] is an epenthetic stop consonant such as [t]. The present study found that Japanese listeners, whose native language disallows [CCV] but allows [CVCV], often perceive [s_V] as [sVCV]. It is suggested that such illusory double-epenthetic percepts are generated via a two-step process, i.e., the vowel of [s_V] triggers an epenthetic consonant before it, and the initial consonant [s] and the newly generated epenthetic consonant [C] sequentially aligned induce a vowel epenthesis [V] between them.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Science, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan. junyamd@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions / Q000523:psychology*; D007564:Japan; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D013067:Speech Perception; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult