Losing Phonotactic Distinctions in Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7150385 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John M Starr (0009-0007-0801-0165, Department of Linguistics Cornell University, corresponding author), Marten van Schijndel (0000-0002-9858-5881, Department of Linguistics Cornell University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | e70059-e70059 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cognitive Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0364-0213 • E-ISSN: 1551-6709 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cogs.70059 |
| PMID | 40230064 |
| OpenAlex | W4409465242 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 70 |
Previous psycholinguistic research has demonstrated that sentence processing varies according to both syntactic and discourse context. However, a systematic investigation of how such contexts influence how the processor manages low‐level representations of linguistic structure has yet to be carried out. In this paper, we conduct a series of self‐paced reading experiments which show how one well‐established linguistic measurement—phonotactic distinctions between non‐words—varies according to the phonological, syntactic, and discourse context that the non‐words appear in. Our results demonstrate that the various types of context that we control for can influence both when and if phonotactic distinctions surface. More broadly, our findings suggest that well‐established phonological and psycholinguistic effects may not generalize when tested in larger contexts
Cognition · Linguistics · Phonology · Phonotactics · Psycholinguistics · Sentence · Sentence processing · Computer Science · History · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |