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Speech perception relies on organizing sensory input, not just isolated sounds. This process is fast, attention-driven, and multisensory, distinguishing language from other cognitive systems.

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Linguistics

Background:

Traditional speech perception models focused on identifying minimal acoustic correlates for phonemes.
This view considered acoustic spectrum components as direct cues for phoneme recognition.

Purpose of the Study:

To challenge the traditional view by highlighting phonetic sensitivity to modulation.
To introduce the concept of perceptual organization of speech as a key function.

Main Methods:

Review of empirical studies on speech perception.
Analysis of phonetic sensitivity to modulation.
Examination of the role of attention and multisensory integration.

Main Results:

Speech perception is fundamentally about perceptual organization, not just acoustic cues.
This organization is fast, unlearned, nonsymbolic, and attention-dependent.
Speech perception is inherently multisensory, setting language apart cognitively.

Conclusions:

The traditional acoustic cue-based model of speech perception is insufficient.
Perceptual organization, driven by modulation, is central to understanding speech.
The multisensory nature of speech perception is a critical factor in language cognition.