Examining the role of word identification in synonymy judgment

1997 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliot Hirshman ◽  
Susan Master
Keyword(s):  
Word Identification

The Role of Pitch in Punjabi Word Identification

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmeen Kanwal ◽  
Amanda Ritchart
Keyword(s):  
Word Identification

scholarly journals Neighborhood Density in Phonological Alternations

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sverre Stausland Johnsen
Keyword(s):  
Word Identification ◽  
Word Production ◽  
Neighborhood Density ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Phonological Structure

in lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt:Neighborhood density (ND) is a measure of how similar a word is to other words in the lexicon. In response to the growing evidence of the significance of ND for word identification and word production, linguists have started asking what role ND could play in phonological alternations, without reaching a consensus. This paper assesses the role of ND in a phonological alternation in Norwegian, by asking whether the alternation is best predicted by ND or by the phonological structure of the alternators. The results reveal how these factors are strongly correlated and equally good predictors of alternations.

scholarly journals Morphological priming of inflectional suffixes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Marjanovic ◽  
Davide Crepaldi
Keyword(s):  
Priming Effect ◽  
Word Identification ◽  
Masked Priming ◽  
Visual Word ◽  
Priming Paradigm ◽  
Morphological Priming ◽  
Visual Word Identification ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Complex Words

Morphologically complex words are processed through their constituent morphemes during visual word recognition. While this has been primarily established through the stem priming paradigm, the role of shared affixes is more controversial. Also, most evidence on affix priming comes from derivation, while inflectional priming remains largely unaddressed. Here we present two lexical decision, masked priming experiments filling this gap. Taking advantage of the rich inflectional pattern of Slovene, we assessed inflectional suffix priming (mestam–HALJAM), and compared it to the well-established stem priming effect (haljov–HALJAM): while the latter is solid as expected, the former seems to be weak to non–existing. Results further indicate that there is no interaction between sharing a stem and sharing an inflectional suffix—neither stem nor suffix priming is boosted when primes and targets also share the other morpheme. These data indicate an important difference between stems, derivational affixes and inflectional affixes, which we consider in the context of models of visual word identification and information theory.

The Role of Hyphens at the Constituent Boundary in Compound Word Identification

2013 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Bertram ◽  
Jukka Hyönä
Keyword(s):  
Visual Acuity ◽  
Eye Movement ◽  
Word Identification ◽  
Compound Word ◽  
Compound Words ◽  
Great Abundance ◽  
Sequential Processing ◽  
Movement Study

The current eye-movement study investigated whether a salient segmentation cue like the hyphen facilitates the identification of long and short compound words. The study was conducted in Finnish, where compound words exist in great abundance. The results showed that long hyphenated compounds (musiikki-ilta) are identified faster than concatenated ones (yllätystulos), but short hyphenated compounds (ilta-asu) are identified slower than their concatenated counterparts (kesäsää). This pattern of results is explained by the visual acuity principle ( Bertram & Hyönä, 2003 ): A long compound word does not fully fit in the foveal area, where visual acuity is at its best. Therefore, its identification begins with the access of the initial constituent and this sequential processing is facilitated by the hyphen. However, a short compound word fits in the foveal area, and consequently the hyphen slows down processing by encouraging sequential processing in cases where it is possible to extract and use information of the second constituent as well.

Eye Movement Behavior and Individual Differences in Word Identification During Reading

2017 ◽  
pp. 66-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn R. Folk ◽  
Michael A. Eskenazi
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Eye Movements ◽  
Eye Movement ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Word Identification ◽  
Movement Behavior ◽  
Adult Readers ◽  
Developing Readers ◽  
Different Populations

This chapter provides an overview of how the observation of eye movement behavior can be used to study how words are identified during reading in different populations. The chapter begins with a discussion of different eye movement behaviors, the perceptual span, and parafoveal processing. After providing the reader with a basic understanding of terms and methodology, the authors discuss how eye movements in reading change across the lifespan, individual differences in eye movement behavior in lower-skill and higher-skill adult readers, and eye movement patterns in special populations. This discussion highlights what is known about changes in eye movement behaviors from developing readers to older adult readers. It also includes a discussion of the role of eye movements in dyslexia and eye movement behavior in readers who are deaf.

Second-language spoken word identification: Effects of perceptual training, visual cues, and phonetic environment

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
DEBRA M. HARDISON
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Speech Processing ◽  
Visual Cues ◽  
Word Identification ◽  
Spoken Word ◽  
Perceptual Training ◽  
Korean Learners ◽  
Gating Paradigm ◽  
Korean Learners Of English

Experiments using the gating paradigm investigated the effects of auditory–visual (AV) and auditory-only perceptual training on second-language spoken-word identification by Japanese and Korean learners of English. Stimuli were familiar bisyllabic words beginning with /p/, /f/, //, /l/, and /s, t, k/ combined with high, low, and rounded vowels. Results support the priming role of visual cues in AV speech processing. Identification was earlier with visual cues and following training, especially for words beginning with // and /l/, which also showed significant effects of adjacent vowel. For the Japanese, the AV advantage in identifying //- and /l/-initial words was accentuated following training. Findings are discussed within a multimodal episodic model of learning.

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