Talkers' Signaling of "New" and "Old" Words in Speech and Listeners' Perception and Use of the Distinction.
| Number | 596 |
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| Year | 1987 |
| Drawer | 10 |
| Entry Date | 11/17/1999 |
| Authors | Fowler, C. A. & Housum, J. |
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| Publication | Journal of Memory and Language, 26, 489-504. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0596.pdf |
| Abstract | Conducted 5 experiments with a total of 111 college students to examine talkers' utterances of words produced for the 1st time in a monologue (new words [NWs]) or for the 2nd time (old words [OWs]), using samples of speech obtained from radio broadcasts. Results show that Ss distinguished OWs by shortening them. OWs were less intelligible than NWs presented in isolation, but probably were not less identifiable in context. Listeners identified NWs and OWs as such and used information that a word was old much as they would use an anaphor to promote retrieval of the earlier production in its context. It is concluded that talkers may attenuate their productions of words when they can do so without sacrificing communicative efficacy and that OWs can be reduced because they are repetitions of earlier presented items and because of their contextual support. |
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