Diffusion of Phonetic Updates within Phonological Neighborhoods
Phonological neighborhood density is known to influence lexical access, speech production and perception processes. Lexical competition is considered the central concept from which the neighborhood effect emanates: highly competitive neighborhoods are characterized by large degrees of phonemic co-a...
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Phonological neighborhood density is known to influence lexical access, speech production and perception processes. Lexical competition is considered the central concept from which the neighborhood effect emanates: highly competitive neighborhoods are characterized by large degrees of phonemic co-activation, which can delay speech recognition and facilitate speech production. The study investigates phonetic learning in English as a foreign language in relation to phonological neighborhood density and onset density to see if dense or sparse neighborhoods are more conducive to the incorporation of novel phonetic detail. Also, the effect of voice-contrasted minimal pairs is explored. The results indicate that sparser neighborhoods with weaker lexical competition provide the most optimal phonological environment for phonetic learning. Moreover, novel phonetic details are incorporated faster in neighborhoods without minimal pairs. The results indicate that lexical competition plays a role in the dissemination of phonetic updates in the lexicon of foreign language learners.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f53ef9fd93094e19aed13778a72945c62023-01-18T09:32:08ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)ELOPE1581-89182386-03162022-12-0119210.4312/elope.19.2.149-168Diffusion of Phonetic Updates within Phonological NeighborhoodsEva Maria Luef0Pia Resnik1Tomáš Gráf 2Charles UniversityUniversity College of Teacher Education Vienna/KremsCharles University Phonological neighborhood density is known to influence lexical access, speech production and perception processes. Lexical competition is considered the central concept from which the neighborhood effect emanates: highly competitive neighborhoods are characterized by large degrees of phonemic co-activation, which can delay speech recognition and facilitate speech production. The study investigates phonetic learning in English as a foreign language in relation to phonological neighborhood density and onset density to see if dense or sparse neighborhoods are more conducive to the incorporation of novel phonetic detail. Also, the effect of voice-contrasted minimal pairs is explored. The results indicate that sparser neighborhoods with weaker lexical competition provide the most optimal phonological environment for phonetic learning. Moreover, novel phonetic details are incorporated faster in neighborhoods without minimal pairs. The results indicate that lexical competition plays a role in the dissemination of phonetic updates in the lexicon of foreign language learners. https://journals.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/11093aspirationAustrian GermanCzechEnglish as a foreign languagelexical competitionminimal pair |
| spellingShingle | Eva Maria Luef Pia Resnik Tomáš Gráf Diffusion of Phonetic Updates within Phonological Neighborhoods ELOPE aspiration Austrian German Czech English as a foreign language lexical competition minimal pair |
| title | Diffusion of Phonetic Updates within Phonological Neighborhoods |
| title_full | Diffusion of Phonetic Updates within Phonological Neighborhoods |
| title_fullStr | Diffusion of Phonetic Updates within Phonological Neighborhoods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diffusion of Phonetic Updates within Phonological Neighborhoods |
| title_short | Diffusion of Phonetic Updates within Phonological Neighborhoods |
| title_sort | diffusion of phonetic updates within phonological neighborhoods |
| topic | aspiration Austrian German Czech English as a foreign language lexical competition minimal pair |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/11093 |
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