Same same but different: The graded influence of vowel quality and prosodic prominence on letter detection.

IF 1.5 3区心理学 Q4 PHYSIOLOGY

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI:10.1177/17470218241293742

Jana Hasenäcker, Frank Domahs

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Abstract

This study investigates the impact of phonetic realisation and prosodic prominence on visual letter identification, focusing on the letter in German bisyllabic words. Building upon previous research, a computerised letter search task was conducted with 78 skilled adult readers. Words featuring different phonetic realisations of (/eː, ɛ, e, l̩, n̩, ɐ/) in stressed and unstressed first and second syllables were systematically included. Analyses of error rates and response times revealed a graded pattern in the detection of , with the closed long (/eː/) and closed short (/e/) realisations being easiest to detect, open (/ɛ/) and near-open central (/ɐ/) vowels becoming incrementally harder, and silent vowels in syllabic consonants (/n̩/) being the most challenging. Results divided by position and stress of the syllable containing the target letter further indicated influences of prosodic prominence. The findings contribute to understanding the intricate interplay of grapheme-phoneme correspondences and prosodic structure in skilled readers' visual letter recognition.

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表达：同中有异 -元音质量和前音突出程度对字母检测的分级影响。

本研究以德语双音节词中的字母为研究对象，探讨了语音实现和前音突出对视觉字母识别的影响。在以往研究的基础上，本研究对 78 名熟练的成年读者进行了计算机字母搜索任务。研究系统地将第一音节和第二音节中的重音和非重音字母（/eː, ɛ, e, l̩, n㊙,ɐ/）的不同语音变现方式纳入其中。对错误率和反应时间的分析表明，"...... "元音的检测呈分级模式，闭合长元音（/eː/）和闭合短元音（/e/）最容易检测，开元音（/ɛ/）和近开中心元音（/ɐ/）逐渐变难，而音节辅音中的无声元音（/n↪Mn_3299/）最具挑战性。按含有目标字母的音节的位置和重音划分的结果进一步表明了前音突出的影响。这些发现有助于理解熟练读者在视觉字母识别过程中词素-词素对应关系和前音结构之间错综复杂的相互作用。

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Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 医学-生理学

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3.50

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5.90%

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178

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3-8 weeks

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