TY  - GEN
A1  - Nazzi, Thierry
A1  - Poltrock, Silvana
A1  - Von Holzen, Katie
T1  - The developmental origins of the consonant bias in lexical processing
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Consonants have been proposed to carry more of the weight of lexical processing than vowels. This consonant bias has consistently been found in adults and has been proposed to facilitate early language acquisition. We explore the origins of this bias over the course of development and in infants learning different languages. Although the consonant bias was originally thought to be present at birth, evidence suggests that it arises from the early stages of phonological and (pre-)lexical acquisition. We discuss two theories that account for the acquisition of the consonant bias: the lexical and acoustic-phonetic hypotheses.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 416 
KW  - language acquisition
KW  - lexical development
KW  - consonant bias
KW  - cross-linguistic differences
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-405322
IS  - 416
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Nazzi, Thierry
A1  - Poltrock, Silvana
A1  - Von Holzen, Katie
T1  - The Developmental Origins of the Consonant Bias in Lexical Processing
JF  - Current directions in psychological science
N2  - Consonants have been proposed to carry more of the weight of lexical processing than vowels. This consonant bias has consistently been found in adults and has been proposed to facilitate early language acquisition. We explore the origins of this bias over the course of development and in infants learning different languages. Although the consonant bias was originally thought to be present at birth, evidence suggests that it arises from the early stages of phonological and (pre-)lexical acquisition. We discuss two theories that account for the acquisition of the consonant bias: the lexical and acoustic-phonetic hypotheses.
KW  - language acquisition
KW  - lexical development
KW  - consonant bias
KW  - cross-linguistic differences
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721416655786
SN  - 0963-7214
SN  - 1467-8721
VL  - 25
SP  - 291
EP  - 296
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - Thousand Oaks
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schmandt, Silvana
A1  - Nazzi, Thierry
A1  - New, Boris
T1  - Consonant, vowel and lexical neighbourhood processing during word recognition: new evidence using the sandwich priming technique
JF  - Language, cognition and neuroscience
N2  - Studies on French adults using a written lexical decision task with masked priming, in which targets were more primed by consonant- (jalu-JOLI) than vowel-related (vobi-JOLI) primes, support the proposal that consonants have more weight than vowels in lexical processing. 
This study examines the phonological and/or lexical nature of this consonant bias 
(C-bias), using a sandwich priming task in which a brief presentation of the target 
(pre-prime) precedes the prime-target sequence, a manipulation blocking lexical neighbourhood effects. 
Results from three experiments (varying pre-prime/prime durations) show consistent 
C-priming and no significant V-priming at earlier and later processing stages (50 or 66 ms primes). 
Yet, a joint analysis reveals a small V-priming, while confirming a significant consonant advantage. 
This demonstrates the contribution of the phonological level to the C-bias. 
Second, differences in performance comparing the classic versus sandwich priming task also establish a contribution of lexical neighbourhood inhibition effects to the C-bias.
KW  - consonants and vowels
KW  - phonological and lexical processing
KW  - visual word recognition
KW  - consonant bias
KW  - sandwich priming paradigm
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2022.2046115
SN  - 2327-3798
SN  - 2327-3801
VL  - 37
IS  - 9
SP  - 1115
EP  - 1130
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -