This National Science Foundation project grant of $141,240 will fund research into deconstructing wordlikeness judgments from September 2022 to February 2026. Under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), researchers at the University of Mississippi will conduct experimental and computational studies to better understand human phonotactic knowledge and gradient wordlikeness judgments.
The project involves experimental studies manipulating response measures, stimulus modality, and response modality to elicit English and Korean speakers' wordlikeness judgments for nonce words. A variety of computational models will be assessed based on how well they can fit the experimental results. The interconnected studies aim to evaluate different explicit computational models, examine the relationship between gradience and human perception, and determine whether results are affected by stimulus or response modality. The award also supports outreach and training to share findings with the public and students.
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