Representation of lexical form.
The authors attempted to determine whether surface representations of spoken words are mapped onto underlying, abstract representations. In particular, they tested the hypothesis that flaps--neutralized allophones of intervocalic /t/s and /d/s--are mapped onto their underlying phonemic counterparts. In 6 repetition priming experiments, participants responded to stimuli in 2 blocks of trials. Stimuli in the 1st block served as primes and those in the 2nd as targets. Primes and targets consisted of English words containing intervocalic /t/s and /d/s that, when produced casually, were flapped. In all 6 experiments, reaction times to target items were measured as a function of prime type. The results provide evidence for both surface and underlying form-based representations.
McLennan
Conor T
CT
Department of Psychology, Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 14260, USA. mclennan@buffalo.edu
Luce
Paul A
PA
Charles-Luce
Jan
J
D001244:Association; D006801:Humans; D011930:Reaction Time; D014825:Vocabulary