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Effects of Lexical Competition and Dialect Exposure on Phonological Priming
Cynthia G Clopper1, Abby Walker2
1Ohio State University, USA.
Language and Speech
|March 23, 2017
Summary
Lexical competition affects word recognition, with clearer sounds and fewer competitors aiding processing. Exposure to multiple dialects enhances linguistic flexibility, impacting how we process competing sounds.
Area of Science:
- Psycholinguistics
- Phonetics
- Sociolinguistics
Background:
- Lexical competition influences speech perception.
- Dialect exposure may affect phonological processing flexibility.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate lexical competition and dialect exposure effects on phonological priming.
- To examine how vowel acoustic distinctiveness impacts lexical competition.
Main Methods:
- Cross-modal lexical decision task with auditory primes and visual targets.
- Comparison of mono-dialectal and multi-dialectal listener groups.
- Analysis of facilitation and inhibition effects for different vowel pairs.
Main Results:
- Matching real words facilitated lexical decisions; minimal pair primes inhibited them.
- Acoustically distinct vowels (mid-front) showed stronger effects in mono-dialectal listeners.
- Multi-dialectal listeners exhibited less robust facilitation and inhibition, suggesting flexible processing.
Conclusions:
- Acoustic-phonetic similarity intensifies lexical competition.
- Exposure to linguistic variability promotes adaptable speech processing strategies.
- Phonological form priming is modulated by both lexical factors and dialectal background.
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