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On lexical and sublexical contributions to transposed-phoneme priming effects
Sophie Dufour1,2,3, Jonathan Mirault4,5, Jonathan Grainger4,6
1Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, LPL, UMR 7309, 13100, Aix-en-Provence, France. sophie.dufour@univ-amu.fr.
Attention, Perception & Psychophysics
|May 2, 2025
Summary
Transposed-phoneme priming effects in spoken word recognition are primarily driven by lexical factors, not sublexical ones. This study found inhibitory effects when targets were nonwords preceded by word primes.
Area of Science:
- Psycholinguistics
- Cognitive Science
- Speech Processing
Background:
- Transposed-phoneme priming demonstrates that speech perception can be influenced by sounds in different orders.
- The TISK model proposes two explanations: sublexical (shared phonemes) or lexical (pre-activated word representations).
Purpose of the Study:
- To differentiate between sublexical and lexical contributions to transposed-phoneme priming.
- To investigate the role of prime lexical status and target nonwords in this effect.
Main Methods:
- Manipulated the lexical status of prime stimuli.
- Examined transposed-phoneme priming effects using nonword targets.
- Analyzed priming effects based on prime and target properties.
Main Results:
- An inhibitory transposed-phoneme priming effect occurred with nonword targets preceded by word primes.
- A small, non-significant facilitatory effect was observed with nonword targets preceded by nonword primes.
Conclusions:
- Lexical representations play a more significant role than sublexical representations in transposed-phoneme priming.
- Findings suggest that pre-activation of word forms influences speech processing of phonemically similar, but non-identical, spoken words.
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