Syllable frequency effects in immediate but not delayed syllable naming

Syllable frequency effects in production tasks are interpreted as evidence that speakers retrieve precompiled articulatory programs for high frequency syllables from a mental syllabary. They have not been found reliably in English, nor isolated to the phonetic encoding processes during which the syl...

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Main Authors: Croot, K., Lalas, G., Biedermann, Britta, Rastle, K., Jones, K., Cholin, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50556
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author Croot, K.
Lalas, G.
Biedermann, Britta
Rastle, K.
Jones, K.
Cholin, J.
author_facet Croot, K.
Lalas, G.
Biedermann, Britta
Rastle, K.
Jones, K.
Cholin, J.
author_sort Croot, K.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Syllable frequency effects in production tasks are interpreted as evidence that speakers retrieve precompiled articulatory programs for high frequency syllables from a mental syllabary. They have not been found reliably in English, nor isolated to the phonetic encoding processes during which the syllabary is thought to be accessed. In this experiment, 48 participants produced matched high- and novel/low-frequency syllables in a near-replication of Laganaro and Alario’s [(2006) On the locus of the syllable frequency effect in speech production. Journal of Memory and Language, 55(2), 198–196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2006.05.001] production conditions: immediate naming, naming following an unfilled delay, and naming after delay filled by concurrent articulation. Immediate naming was faster for high frequency syllables, demonstrating a robust syllable frequency effect in English. There was no high frequency advantage in either delayed naming condition, leaving open the question of whether syllable frequency effects arise during phonological or phonetic encoding.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-505562019-02-19T05:36:25Z Syllable frequency effects in immediate but not delayed syllable naming Croot, K. Lalas, G. Biedermann, Britta Rastle, K. Jones, K. Cholin, J. Syllable frequency effects in production tasks are interpreted as evidence that speakers retrieve precompiled articulatory programs for high frequency syllables from a mental syllabary. They have not been found reliably in English, nor isolated to the phonetic encoding processes during which the syllabary is thought to be accessed. In this experiment, 48 participants produced matched high- and novel/low-frequency syllables in a near-replication of Laganaro and Alario’s [(2006) On the locus of the syllable frequency effect in speech production. Journal of Memory and Language, 55(2), 198–196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2006.05.001] production conditions: immediate naming, naming following an unfilled delay, and naming after delay filled by concurrent articulation. Immediate naming was faster for high frequency syllables, demonstrating a robust syllable frequency effect in English. There was no high frequency advantage in either delayed naming condition, leaving open the question of whether syllable frequency effects arise during phonological or phonetic encoding. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50556 10.1080/23273798.2017.1284340 fulltext
spellingShingle Croot, K.
Lalas, G.
Biedermann, Britta
Rastle, K.
Jones, K.
Cholin, J.
Syllable frequency effects in immediate but not delayed syllable naming
title Syllable frequency effects in immediate but not delayed syllable naming
title_full Syllable frequency effects in immediate but not delayed syllable naming
title_fullStr Syllable frequency effects in immediate but not delayed syllable naming
title_full_unstemmed Syllable frequency effects in immediate but not delayed syllable naming
title_short Syllable frequency effects in immediate but not delayed syllable naming
title_sort syllable frequency effects in immediate but not delayed syllable naming
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50556