Consonant Age-of-Acquisition Effects in Nonword Repetition Are Not Articulatory in Nature.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Most research examining long-term-memory effects on nonword repetition (NWR) has focused on lexical-level variables. Phoneme-level variables have received little attention, although there are reasons to expect significant sublexical effects in NWR. To further understand the underlying processes of NWR, this study examined effects of sublexical long-term phonological knowledge by testing whether performance differs when the stimuli comprise consonants acquired later versus earlier in speech development.

Method

Thirty (Experiment 1) and 20 (Experiment 2) college students completed tasks that investigated whether an experimental phoneme-level variable (consonant age of acquisition) similarly affects NWR and lexical-access tasks designed to vary in articulatory, auditory

SUBMITTER: Moore MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5945079 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature