Phonological neighborhood density, phonetic categorization, and vocabulary size differentially affect the phonolexical encoding of easy and difficult l2 segmental contrasts

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• What: This study investigated the effect of_(PND) on the lexical encoding of perceptually confusable segmental contrasts and the extent to which the precision of encoding is modulated by phonetic categorization and vocabulary size. The authors focus on the phonological form of words in the mental lexicon (i.e., the phonolexical representation). This study shows that accurate segmental discrimination does not necessarily imply precise lexical representations. The model reveals a significant main effect of Perception, Vocabulary size, and Segment type.
• Who: Brian Rocca et al. from the Indiana University, Department of Second Language Studies, Bloomington . . .
  

   

  

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