Syllabic Effects in Italian Lexical Access

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ID5898496
AuthorsLara Tagliapietra (Max Planck Society, corresponding author), R Fanari (University of Cagliari), Simona Collina (0000-0002-2954-7558, Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa), Collina, Patrizia Tabossi (University of Trieste)
Year2009
Volume38
Issue6
Pages511-526
Publication date2009-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Psycholinguistic Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-6905 • E-ISSN: 1573-6555
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10936-009-9116-4
PMID19399623
OpenAlexW2000340645
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited45

Two cross-modal priming experiments tested whether lexical access is constrained by syllabic structure in Italian. Results extend the available Italian data on the processing of stressed syllables showing that syllabic information restricts the set of candidates to those structurally consistent with the intended word (Experiment 1). Lexical access, however, takes place as soon as possible and it is not delayed till the incoming input corresponds to the first syllable of the word. And, the initial activated set includes candidates whose syllabic structure does not match the intended word (Experiment 2). The present data challenge the early hypothesis that in Romance languages syllables are the units for lexical access during spoken word recognition. The implications of the results for our understanding of the role of syllabic information in language processing are discussed

Biology · Cognition · Lexical access · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Priming (agriculture) · Psycholinguistics · Set (abstract data type) · Speech recognition · Syllabic verse · Syllable · Word (group theory) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

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