Re: Cool phonetic illusion

This is the McGurk effect. It is well known in psycholinguistic circles. It
is done by dubbing the audio of [ba] to the video of [ga]. Field linguists
(like me) have no advantage over the layperson here. It's just weird, and,
if the psycholinguists are right, constitutes evidence that vision plays a
significant role in speech perception.

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQoYKuNcCpU
>
> 1. Watch the video and try to identify the syllable being pronounced
> (the onset; the vowel is obvious)
> 2. Play it again, but this time close or avert your eyes.
>
> I wonder if field linguists with experience in sound transcription are
> less susceptible to this?
>
> --
> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
>


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