Visual and Auditory Recognition of Prefixed Words

1986 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Taft ◽  
Gail Hambly ◽  
Sachiko Kinoshita
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Lexical Decision ◽  
Spoken Word Recognition ◽  
Spoken Word ◽  
Cohort Model ◽  
Auditory Recognition ◽  
Prefixed Words ◽  
Visual Lexical Decision

The involvement of stem storage and prefix stripping in the recognition of spoken and printed prefixed words was examined. In both an auditory and a visual lexical decision experiment, it was found that prefixed nonwords were more difficult to classify as nonwords than were non-prefixed nonwords. This difference was larger, though, when the “stem” of the nonword was a genuine stem in English (e.g., dejoice versus tejoice) than when it was not (e.g., dejouse versus tejouse). The results suggest that prefixed words are recognized via a representation of their stem after the prefix has been removed, and this is true regardless of the modality of presentation of the word. Implications are considered for the Cohort model of spoken word recognition.

scholarly journals Spoken word recognition with gender-marked context

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsa Spinelli ◽  
Fanny Meunier ◽  
Alix Seigneuric
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Lexical Decision ◽  
Priming Effect ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Spoken Word Recognition ◽  
Spoken Word ◽  
Phonological Priming ◽  
Phonological Information ◽  
Gender Information

In a cross-modal (auditory-visual) fragment priming study in French, we tested the hypothesis that gender information given by a gender-marked article (e.g. unmasculine or unefeminine) is used early in the recognition of the following word to discard gender-incongruent competitors. In four experiments, we compared lexical decision performances on targets primed by phonological information only (e.g. /kRa/-CRAPAUD /kRapo/; /to/-TOAD) or by phonological plus gender information given by a gender-marked article (e.g. unmasculine /kra/-CRAPAUD; a /to/-TOAD). In all experiments, we found a phonological priming effect that was not modulated by the presence of gender context, whether gender-marked articles were congruent (Experiments 1, 2, and 3) or incongruent (Experiment 4) with the target gender. Moreover, phonological facilitation was not modulated by the presence of gender context, whether gender-marked articles allowed exclusion of less frequent competitors (Experiment 1) or more frequent ones (Experiments 2 and 3). We concluded that gender information extracted from a preceding gender-marked determiner is not used early in the process of spoken word recognition and that it may be used in a later selection process.

Effects of Age and Alzheimer's Disease on Recognition of Gated Spoken Words

1996 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 724-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy B. Marshall ◽  
Linda W. Duke ◽  
Amanda C. Walley
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Word Recognition ◽  
Spoken Word Recognition ◽  
Spoken Word ◽  
Cohort Model ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Spoken Words ◽  
Theoretical Predictions

This study investigated the effects of normal aging and Alzheimer's disease on listeners' ability to recognize gated spoken words. Groups of healthy young adults, healthy older adults, and adults with Alzheimer's disease were presented isolated gated spoken words. Theoretical predictions of the Cohort model of spoken word recognition (Marslen-Wilson, 1984) were tested, employing both between-group and within-group comparisons. The findings for the young adults supported the Cohort model's predictions. The findings for the older adult groups revealed different effects for age and disease. These results are interpreted in relation to the theoretical predictions, the findings of previous gating studies, and differentiating age from disease-related changes in spoken word recognition.

Exploring the cohort model of spoken word recognition

Cognition ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Taft ◽  
Gail Hambly
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Spoken Word Recognition ◽  
Spoken Word ◽  
Cohort Model
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