Information retrieval in tip of the tongue states: New data and methodological advances

Research on Tip of the Tongue (ToT) states has been used to determine whether access to syntactic information precedes access to phonological information. This paper argues that previous studies have used insufficient analyses when investigating the nature of seriality of access. In the first part o...

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Main Authors: Biedermann, Britta, Ruh, N., Nickels, L., Coltheart, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17261
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author Biedermann, Britta
Ruh, N.
Nickels, L.
Coltheart, M.
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Ruh, N.
Nickels, L.
Coltheart, M.
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description Research on Tip of the Tongue (ToT) states has been used to determine whether access to syntactic information precedes access to phonological information. This paper argues that previous studies have used insufficient analyses when investigating the nature of seriality of access. In the first part of this paper, these complex issues are discussed and suitable analyses proposed. In the second part, new experimental data are presented. In Experiment 1, English speakers were asked to give information about mass/count status and initial phoneme of nouns, when in a ToT state. In Experiment 2, German speakers were asked to report grammatical gender and initial phoneme of nouns, when in a ToT state. Evidence that syntactic and phonological information are accessed independently was obtained for both languages. Implications for models of language production and further methodological issues in ToT research are discussed. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-172612017-09-13T15:43:06Z Information retrieval in tip of the tongue states: New data and methodological advances Biedermann, Britta Ruh, N. Nickels, L. Coltheart, M. Research on Tip of the Tongue (ToT) states has been used to determine whether access to syntactic information precedes access to phonological information. This paper argues that previous studies have used insufficient analyses when investigating the nature of seriality of access. In the first part of this paper, these complex issues are discussed and suitable analyses proposed. In the second part, new experimental data are presented. In Experiment 1, English speakers were asked to give information about mass/count status and initial phoneme of nouns, when in a ToT state. In Experiment 2, German speakers were asked to report grammatical gender and initial phoneme of nouns, when in a ToT state. Evidence that syntactic and phonological information are accessed independently was obtained for both languages. Implications for models of language production and further methodological issues in ToT research are discussed. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17261 10.1007/s10936-007-9065-8 restricted
spellingShingle Biedermann, Britta
Ruh, N.
Nickels, L.
Coltheart, M.
Information retrieval in tip of the tongue states: New data and methodological advances
title Information retrieval in tip of the tongue states: New data and methodological advances
title_full Information retrieval in tip of the tongue states: New data and methodological advances
title_fullStr Information retrieval in tip of the tongue states: New data and methodological advances
title_full_unstemmed Information retrieval in tip of the tongue states: New data and methodological advances
title_short Information retrieval in tip of the tongue states: New data and methodological advances
title_sort information retrieval in tip of the tongue states: new data and methodological advances
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17261