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