Logatome
Encyclopedia
A logatome is an artificial word of one or more syllable
s which obeys all the phonotactic
rules of a language but has no meaning. Examples of English logatomes would be the nonsense words
snarp or bluck.
Logatomes are most often used in acoustic
experiments. They are also used in experiments in the psychology of learning
as a way to examine speech recognition
.
Syllable
A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable is typically made up of a syllable nucleus with optional initial and final margins .Syllables are often considered the phonological "building...
s which obeys all the phonotactic
Phonotactics
Phonotactics is a branch of phonology that deals with restrictions in a language on the permissible combinations of phonemes...
rules of a language but has no meaning. Examples of English logatomes would be the nonsense words
Nonsense word
A nonsense word, unlike a sememe, may have no definition. If it can be pronounced according to a language's phonotactics, it is a logatome. Nonsense words are used in literature for poetic or humorous effect. Proper names of real or fictional entities are sometimes nonsense words.-See...
snarp or bluck.
Logatomes are most often used in acoustic
Acoustics
Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of all mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician while someone working in the field of acoustics...
experiments. They are also used in experiments in the psychology of learning
Psychology of learning
The psychology of learning is a theoretical science.Learning is a process that depends on experience and leads to long-term changes in behavior potential. Behavior potential designates the possible behavior of an individual, not actual behavior. The main assumption behind all learning psychology is...
as a way to examine speech recognition
Speech recognition
Speech recognition converts spoken words to text. The term "voice recognition" is sometimes used to refer to recognition systems that must be trained to a particular speaker—as is the case for most desktop recognition software...
.