Phonological phrase boundaries constrain lexical access I . Adult data q

We tested the effect of local lexical ambiguities while manipulating the type of prosodic boundary at which the ambiguity occurred, using French sentences and participants. We observed delayed lexical access when a local lexical ambiguity occurred within a phonological phrase (consistent with previous research; e.g., ![un chat grincheux]," containing the potential competitor word !chagrin," was processed more slowly than ![un chat drogué]" that contains no potential competitor). In contrast, when the lexical competitor straddled a phonological phrase boundary, there was no delay in lexical recognition (e.g., ![son grand chat] [grimpait. . .]," potential competitor !chagrin," was not delayed relative to the non-ambiguous control). These results were observed with two different on-line tasks, word-monitoring and phonememonitoring. They suggest that lexical access occurs within the domain of phonological phrases. We discuss the implications of these results for models of lexical access. ! 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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