Bi-alphabetism: A window on phonological processing
In Serbian, lexical decision latencies to words composed of letters that exist in both the Roman and Cyrillic alphabets (some of which have different phonemic interpretations in each) are slower than for the unique alphabet transcription of those same words. In this study, we use the effect...
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| author | Filipović-Đurđević Dušica Milin Petar Feldman Laurie Beth |
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| description | In Serbian, lexical decision latencies to words composed of letters that
exist in both the Roman and Cyrillic alphabets (some of which have different
phonemic interpretations in each) are slower than for the unique alphabet
transcription of those same words. In this study, we use the effect of
phonological ambiguity to explore the time course of semantic facilitation.
Targets are either the phonologically ambiguous forms (e.g., PETAK meaning
“Friday” when pronounced as a Roman string /petak/ but without meaning when
pronounced in Cyrillic as /retak/) or the unique alphabet transcription of
the same word (ПETAK). We manipulate alphabet match and semantic relatedness
of prime to target. In addition to replicating slowing due to phonological
ambiguity, we show 1) greater alphabet switch cost for bivalent then for
unambiguous targets as well as for unrelated then for related prime-target
pairs and 2) greater semantic facilitation as the number of shared common
letters between prime and target increases. Results reveal the interaction of
phonological and semantic processes in Serbian. The findings are discussed in
terms of a triangle model of language processing, which hypothesizes a
division of labor between an orthography-to-semantics, and an
orthographyto-phonology-to-semantics route and their simultaneous
contribution to activation of meaning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d87fbc38ac74fd9a07861af199ad4fe2022-12-22T01:07:30ZengDrustvo Psihologa SrbijePsihologija0048-57051451-92832013-01-0146442143810.2298/PSI1304421F0048-57051304421FBi-alphabetism: A window on phonological processingFilipović-Đurđević Dušica0Milin Petar1Feldman Laurie Beth2Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, Novi Sad + Faculty of Philosophy, Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, BelgradeFaculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, Novi Sad + Faculty of Philosophy, Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Belgrade + Quantitative Linguistics, Faculty of Philosophy, Eberhardt Karls Univeristy, Tuebingen, GermanyState University of New York, University at Albany, Psychology Department, Albany, USA + Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, Connecticut, USAIn Serbian, lexical decision latencies to words composed of letters that exist in both the Roman and Cyrillic alphabets (some of which have different phonemic interpretations in each) are slower than for the unique alphabet transcription of those same words. In this study, we use the effect of phonological ambiguity to explore the time course of semantic facilitation. Targets are either the phonologically ambiguous forms (e.g., PETAK meaning “Friday” when pronounced as a Roman string /petak/ but without meaning when pronounced in Cyrillic as /retak/) or the unique alphabet transcription of the same word (ПETAK). We manipulate alphabet match and semantic relatedness of prime to target. In addition to replicating slowing due to phonological ambiguity, we show 1) greater alphabet switch cost for bivalent then for unambiguous targets as well as for unrelated then for related prime-target pairs and 2) greater semantic facilitation as the number of shared common letters between prime and target increases. Results reveal the interaction of phonological and semantic processes in Serbian. The findings are discussed in terms of a triangle model of language processing, which hypothesizes a division of labor between an orthography-to-semantics, and an orthographyto-phonology-to-semantics route and their simultaneous contribution to activation of meaning.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0048-5705/2013/0048-57051304421F.pdfbi-alphabetismphonological ambiguitysemanticsvisual lexical decisionSerbianword recognitioncross-languages comparisons |
| spellingShingle | Filipović-Đurđević Dušica Milin Petar Feldman Laurie Beth Bi-alphabetism: A window on phonological processing Psihologija bi-alphabetism phonological ambiguity semantics visual lexical decision Serbian word recognition cross-languages comparisons |
| title | Bi-alphabetism: A window on phonological processing |
| title_full | Bi-alphabetism: A window on phonological processing |
| title_fullStr | Bi-alphabetism: A window on phonological processing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bi-alphabetism: A window on phonological processing |
| title_short | Bi-alphabetism: A window on phonological processing |
| title_sort | bi alphabetism a window on phonological processing |
| topic | bi-alphabetism phonological ambiguity semantics visual lexical decision Serbian word recognition cross-languages comparisons |
| url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0048-5705/2013/0048-57051304421F.pdf |
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