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The prosodic domain of phonological encoding: Evidence from speech errors.
Mary-Beth Beirne1, Karen Croot1
1School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Australia.
Cognition
|April 4, 2018
Summary
The intonational phrase, not just the phonological word, acts as a domain for speech encoding. Segments within an intonational phrase interact more, suggesting upcoming segments are activated during articulation.
Area of Science:
- Psycholinguistics
- Phonetics
- Speech Production
Background:
- Phonological encoding is theorized to occur within prosodic frames.
- The specific prosodic constituent acting as the domain for phonological encoding remains unclear.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if segmental speech errors in tongue-twisters are influenced by positions within prosodic constituents above the phonological word level.
- To determine if the intonational phrase serves as a domain for phonological encoding.
Main Methods:
- Forty-four participants repeated 40 two-intonational phrase tongue-twisters.
- Target segments were placed in phrase-initial and phrase-final words.
- Speech errors were analyzed based on their position within prosodic constituents.
Main Results:
- Anticipatory errors were more common than perseveratory errors for phrase-initial target segments.
- Perseveratory errors were more common than anticipatory errors for phrase-final target segments, but only in utterance-final phrases.
- Error patterns indicated interaction between segments within the same intonational phrase.
Conclusions:
- The intonational phrase is identified as a domain for phonological encoding.
- Segments for upcoming phrases are activated during the articulation of current phrases.
- Speech production involves planning and activation across prosodic boundaries.
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