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Direct linkEl Aissati, Abder; McQueen, James M.; Cutler, Anne – Cognition, 2012
Across many languages from unrelated families, spoken-word recognition is subject to a constraint whereby potential word candidates must contain a vowel. This constraint minimizes competition from embedded words (e.g., in English, disfavoring "win" in "twin" because "t" cannot be a word). However, the constraint would be counter-productive in…
Descriptors: Vowels, Word Recognition, Speech Communication, Afro Asiatic Languages
