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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Psycholinguistics
Speech Science

Background:

Current reading aloud theories do not account for subphonemic representations.
Empirical evidence indicates feature activation in speech production and visual word recognition.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if masked primes activate feature representations during reading aloud.
To test the role of subsegmental phonetic features in the print-to-sound conversion process.

Main Methods:

Utilized a variation of the masked onset priming effect (MOPE).
Two experiments employed masked nonword primes preceding target nonwords with varying phonetic feature overlap (e.g., voicing).
Prime durations were approximately 60 ms (Experiment 1) and 50 ms (Experiment 2).

Main Results:

Target nonwords were read aloud significantly faster when preceded by primes sharing the initial phoneme.
Faster reading times were also observed when primes shared all phonetic features except voicing.
A significant masked feature priming effect was consistent across both experiments.

Conclusions:

Findings demonstrate a functional role for subphonemic features in reading aloud.
Results support the activation of feature representations in the print-to-sound pathway.
The study necessitates advancements in theories of reading aloud and speech production.