TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating the effects of phonological neighbours on word retrieval and phonetic variation in word naming and picture naming paradigms
AU - Zhang, Haoyun
AU - Carlson, Matthew T.
AU - Diaz, Michele T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was funded by R01 AG034138 from the National Institute on Aging (MTD), the Social Science Research Institute, and the Department of Psychology at the Pennsylvania State University. We thank Katherine Muschler, Maggie Treacy, Amanda Eads, and Maria Badanova for assistance with data collection and analyses. We also thank the staff and scientists at the Center for Language Science (CLS) for their support. The authors declare no conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, that would preclude a fair review or publication of this manuscript.
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PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Prior work has shown that when a word with an initial voiceless stop has a contrasting initial voiced stop neighbour, Voice Onset Times (VOTs) are longer. Higher phonological neighbourhood density (PND) has also been shown to facilitate word retrieval times (RTs), and be associated with longer VOTs. However, these effects have rarely been investigated with picture naming, which is a more semantically driven task. This study examined the effects of phonological neighbours on RTs and phonetic variation, and how these effects differed in word naming and picture naming paradigms. Results showed that PND was positively correlated with longer VOT in both paradigms. Furthermore, the effect of initial stop neighbours on VOTs was only significant in word naming. These results highlight the influence of phonological neighbours on word production in different paradigms, support interactive models of word production, and suggest that hyper-articulation in speech does not solely depend on communicative context.
AB - Prior work has shown that when a word with an initial voiceless stop has a contrasting initial voiced stop neighbour, Voice Onset Times (VOTs) are longer. Higher phonological neighbourhood density (PND) has also been shown to facilitate word retrieval times (RTs), and be associated with longer VOTs. However, these effects have rarely been investigated with picture naming, which is a more semantically driven task. This study examined the effects of phonological neighbours on RTs and phonetic variation, and how these effects differed in word naming and picture naming paradigms. Results showed that PND was positively correlated with longer VOT in both paradigms. Furthermore, the effect of initial stop neighbours on VOTs was only significant in word naming. These results highlight the influence of phonological neighbours on word production in different paradigms, support interactive models of word production, and suggest that hyper-articulation in speech does not solely depend on communicative context.
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U2 - 10.1080/23273798.2019.1686529
DO - 10.1080/23273798.2019.1686529
M3 - Article
C2 - 33043066
AN - SCOPUS:85074759622
SN - 2327-3798
VL - 35
SP - 980
EP - 991
JO - Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
JF - Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
IS - 8
ER -