Initial phonemes are detected faster in spoken words than in spoken nonwords.
| Number | 199 |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Drawer | 4 |
| Entry Date | 09/17/1998 |
| Authors | Rubin, P., Turvey, M. T., & van Gelder, P. |
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| Publication | Perception & Psychophysics, 19, 394-398. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0199.pdf |
| Abstract | In 2 experiments 45 undergraduates monitored sequences of spoken consonant-vowel-consonant words and nonwords for a specified initial phoneme. In Experiment I the target-carrying monosyllables were embedded in sequences in which the monosyllables were all words or all nonwords. The possible contextual bias of Experiment I was minimized in Experiment II through a random mixing of target-carrying words with foil words and nonwords. Target-carrying words were distinguished in both experiments from target-carrying nonwords only in the final consonant (e.g., /bit/ vs /bip/). In both experiments Subjects detected the specified consonant /b/ significantly faster when it began a word than when it began a nonword. One interpretation of this result is that in speech perception lexical information is accessed before phonological information. This interpretation is questioned, and preference is given to the view that the result reflects processes subsequent to perception: words become available to awareness faster than nonwords and therefore provide a basis for differential responding that much sooner. |
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