Consonant, vowel and lexical neighbourhood processing during word recognition: new evidence using the sandwich priming technique
- 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 lexicalStudies 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.…
| Author details: | Silvana SchmandtORCiD, Thierry Nazzi, Boris New |
|---|---|
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2022.2046115 |
| ISSN: | 2327-3798 |
| ISSN: | 2327-3801 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Language, cognition and neuroscience |
| Publisher: | Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |
| Place of publishing: | Abingdon |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2022/05/14 |
| Publication year: | 2022 |
| Release date: | 2024/06/06 |
| Tag: | consonant bias; consonants and vowels; phonological and lexical processing; sandwich priming paradigm; visual word recognition |
| Volume: | 37 |
| Issue: | 9 |
| Number of pages: | 16 |
| First page: | 1115 |
| Last Page: | 1130 |
| Funding institution: | ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche)-ESRC (Economic and Social; Research Council of UK Research and Innovation) [ANR-09-FRBR-015]; ANR; blanche [ANR-13-BSH2-0004]; ANR-DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft); [PO 1949/2]; French National Research Agency (ANR), program; "Investissements d'Avenir" [ANR-10-LABX-0083]; IdEx Universite de Paris; [ANR-18-IDEX-0001] |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Linguistik |
| DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access / Hybrid Open-Access |
| License (German): |  CC-BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |
