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Comparing the Frequency Effect Between the Lexical Decision and Naming Tasks in Chinese
Published on: April 1, 2016
Perceptual deletion and asymmetric lexical access in second language learners
Gerda Ana Melnik1, Sharon Peperkamp1
1Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique (Ecole Normale Supérieure - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Département d'Etudes Cognitives, 29 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, Francegerda.ana.melnik@ens.fr, sharon.peperkamp@ens.fr.
Abstract:
French listeners have difficulty perceiving /h/, and as L2 speakers they frequently omit /h/ in English words. This study investigated their processing of English /h/-initial words. Participants performed a lexical decision task on words and nonwords, where the nonwords were created from /h/-initial and vowel-initial words by removing or adding /h/, respectively. The results mirrored the production pattern, with more misses on /h/-initial words (e.g., holiday) and more false alarms on vowel-initial nonwords (e.g., usband). These results are interpreted in light of previous research on asymmetries in L2 lexical access.
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