Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, 125 Nightingale Hall, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
J Psycholinguist Res. 2023 Dec;52(6):2811-2833. doi: 10.1007/s10936-023-10023-y. Epub 2023 Oct 12.
Across languages, certain phonological patterns are preferred to others (e.g., blog > lbog). But whether such preferences arise from abstract linguistic constraints or sensorimotor pressures is controversial. We address this debate by examining the constraints on doubling (e.g., slaflaf, generally, XX). Doubling demonstrably elicits conflicting responses (aversion or preference), depending on the linguistic level of analysis (phonology vs. morphology). Since the stimulus remains unchanged, the shifting responses imply abstract constraints. Here, we ask whether these constraints apply online, in eye movements. Experiment 1 shows that, in bare phonological forms, doubling is dispreferred, and correspondingly it elicits shorter fixations. Remarkably, when doubling signals morphological plurality, the aversion shifts into preference, in Experiment 2. Our results demonstrate for the first time that the constraints on doubling apply online. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that phonological knowledge arises, in part, from an abstract linguistic source.
跨语言，某些语音模式比其他模式更受欢迎（例如，blog>lbog）。但是，这种偏好是源于抽象的语言限制还是感觉运动压力，这是有争议的。我们通过检查重叠（例如，slaflaf，通常，XX）的限制来解决这个争议。根据语言分析水平（音位学与形态学），重叠明显会引起相互矛盾的反应（厌恶或偏好）。由于刺激保持不变，因此反应的转变意味着存在抽象限制。在这里，我们想问一下这些限制是否在线，即眼动中是否存在。实验 1 表明，在纯粹的语音形式中，重叠是不受欢迎的，因此会引起更短的注视。值得注意的是，当重叠表示形态复数时，厌恶感在实验 2 中转变为偏好。我们的研究结果首次证明，重叠的限制适用于在线。这些发现与这样一种假设是一致的，即语音知识部分源于抽象的语言来源。
