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Weiss, Daniel J.; Gerfen, Chip; Mitchel, Aaron D. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2010
The process of word segmentation is flexible, with many strategies potentially available to learners. This experiment explores how segmentation cues interact, and whether successful resolution of cue competition is related to general executive functioning. Participants listened to artificial speech streams that contained both statistical and…
Descriptors: Cues, Artificial Speech, Language Processing, Cognitive Processes
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Dell, Gary S.; Oppenheim, Gary M.; Kittredge, Audrey K. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2008
Retrieving a word in a sentence requires speakers to overcome syntagmatic, as well as paradigmatic interference. When accessing "cat" in "The cat chased the string", not only are similar competitors such as "dog" and "cap" activated, but also other words in the planned sentence, such as "chase" and "string". We hypothesise that both types of…
Descriptors: Sentences, Language Processing, Inhibition, Vocabulary
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Conrad, Markus; Carreiras, Manuel; Jacobs, Arthur M. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2008
In psycholinguistic research, there is still considerable debate about whether the type or token count of the frequency of a particular unit of language better predicts word recognition performance. The present study extends this distinction of type and token measures to the investigation of possible causes underlying syllable frequency effects.…
Descriptors: Syllables, Word Recognition, Psycholinguistics, Inhibition