Frequency of Use Leads to Automaticity of Production

Evidence from Repair in Conversation

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ID10256552
AuthorsVsevolod Kapatsinski (0000-0002-2156-6551, University of Oregon, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume53
Issue1
Pages71-105
Publication date2010-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage and Speech (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-8309 • E-ISSN: 1756-6053
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0023830909351220
PMID20415003
OpenAlexW2122408892
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited49

In spontaneous speech, speakers sometimes replace a word they have just produced or started producing by another word. The present study reports that in these replacement repairs, low-frequency replaced words are more likely to be interrupted prior to completion than high-frequency words, providing support to the hypothesis that the production of high-frequency words is more automatic than the production of low-frequency words (Bybee, 2002; Logan, 1982). Frequency appears to have an effect on interruptibility even when word duration is statistically controlled. In addition, the frequency of the replaced word is positively correlated with the frequency of the word it is replaced by, supporting the hypothesis that high-frequency words are easier to access in production (Kittredge, Dell, Verkuilen, & Schwartz, 2008): [email protected] the more frequent the target, the more frequent an inappropriate word needs to be to overcome the target and be uttered, only to be replaced

Acoustics · Automaticity · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Conversation · Duration (music · Linguistics · Physics · Production (economics · Set (abstract data type · Speech production · Speech recognition · Word (group theory · Word lists by frequency · Communication · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology

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