Is Phonological Context Always Used to Recognize Variant Forms in Spoken Word Recognition? The Role of Variant Frequency and Context Distribution

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1205-1220

  Ranbom, Larissa J ^a   Connine, Cynthia M ^a   Yudman, Elana M ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

phonological variation; speech perception; spoken word recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; NEW YORK; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 69049105346     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015022     Document Type: Article

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