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The influence of sublexical and lexical representations on the processing of spoken words in English

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: Previous research suggests that sublexical and lexical representations are involved in spoken word recognition. The current experiment examined when sublexical and lexical representations are used in the processing of real words in English. The same set of words varying in phonotactic probability/neighbourhood density was presented in three different versions of a same-different matching task: (1) mostly real words as filler items, (2) an equal number of words and nonsense words as filler items and (3) mostly nonsense words as filler items. The results showed that lexical representations were used in version 1 of the same-different matching task to process the words, whereas sublexical representations were used in version 3 of the same-different matching task to process the words. Finally, in version 2 of the same-different matching task individual variation was observed in the form of distinct sublexical and lexical biases. Implications for the processing of spoken words are discussed.

Source: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics

DOI: 10.1080/0269920031000107541

Author: Michael S. Vitevitch

Institution: University of Kansas

Language: English

Topic: Reading and Literacy Development

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Northwestern University, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Awards: TRAINING IN SPEECH, HEARING, AND SENSORY COMMUNICATION, PHONOTACTIC INFORMATION IN SPEECH PRODUCTION, G6051701393