... body with a head shaped like a giraffe. Tales about sea serpents have been told and retold by sailors down through the ages. Skeptics have pointed out that many of these incidents could be the result of misidentifications. A floating log, or in the case of the Daedalus, an abandoned native canoe painted like a snake. Some encounters are so close, though, that it is hard to believe someone could ...

... and phonotactic probability are more prone to be misidentified. I show that under an exemplar model of speech perception/production, the asymmetry in retroflexion between /sV-/ and /sC-/ is a direct consequence of such misidentifications. Upcoming schedule: Dec 4 Michael Tanenhaus (1:30-2:30pm, location TBA) Dec 7 Maria Giavazzi Stay up to date! Check out the online schedule, or subscribe ...