Variation and assimilation in German: Consequences for lexical access and representation

Coenen, E., Zwitserlood, P., & Bölte, J.

Forschungsartikel (Zeitschrift) | Peer reviewed

Zusammenfassung

The consequences of surface variation in speech on lexical access have recently received considerable attention. The lexical system is intolerant to mismatch between input and lexical representation, but an exception is phonologically regular variation. One example is assimilation of consonants that adopt the place of articulation of adjacent consonants in fast speech. Data are presented from crossmodal form priming experiments in German on regressive and progressive assimilation at word boundaries. The results show that some, but not all forms of lawful variation are tolerated by the lexical system. The consequences of these findings for psycholinguistic and linguistic models, some of which incorporate explanations for regular variation, are discussed.

Details zur Publikation

FachzeitschriftLanguage and Cognitive Processes
Jahrgang / Bandnr. / Volume16
Ausgabe / Heftnr. / Issue5-6
Seitenbereich535-564
StatusVeröffentlicht
Veröffentlichungsjahr2001 (31.10.2001)
Sprache, in der die Publikation verfasst istEnglisch
DOI10.1080/01690960143000155
Stichwörterspoken word-recognition speech-perception phonological variation model inference form

Autor*innen der Universität Münster

Bölte, Jens
Institut für Psychologie
Zwitserlood, Pienie
Professur für Psycholinguistik und kognitive Neurowissenschaft (Prof. Zwitserlood)