Ferrand L, Segui J, Humphreys G W
C.N.R.S., Paris, France.
Mem Cognit. 1997 Jul;25(4):458-70. doi: 10.3758/bf03201122.
In a series of experiments, the masked priming paradigm with very brief prime exposures was used to investigate the role of the syllable in the production of English. Experiment 1 (word naming task) showed a syllable priming effect for English words with clear initial syllable boundaries (such as BALCONY), but no effect with ambisyllabic words targets (such as BALANCE, where the /l/belongs to both the first and the second syllables). Experiment 2 failed to show such syllable priming effects in the lexical decision task. Experiment 3 demonstrated that for words with clear initial syllable boundaries, naming latencies were faster only when primes formed the first syllable of the target, in comparison with a neutral condition. Experiment 4 showed that the two possible initial syllables of ambisyllabic words facilitated word naming to the same extent, in comparison with the neutral condition. Finally, Experiment 5 demonstrated that the syllable priming effect obtained for CV words with clear initial syllable boundaries (such as DIVORCE) was not due to increased phonological and/or orthographic overlap. These results, showing that the syllable constitutes a unit of speech production in English, are discussed in relation to the model of phonological and phonetic encoding proposed by Levelt and Wheeldon (1994).
在一系列实验中，采用了具有极短启动刺激呈现时间的掩蔽启动范式来研究音节在英语产出中的作用。实验1（单词命名任务）表明，对于具有清晰首音节边界的英语单词（如BALCONY）存在音节启动效应，但对于双音节词目标（如BALANCE，其中/l/既属于第一个音节也属于第二个音节）则没有效应。实验2在词汇判断任务中未显示出这种音节启动效应。实验3表明，对于具有清晰首音节边界的单词，与中性条件相比，只有当启动刺激构成目标词的第一个音节时，命名潜伏期才会更快。实验4表明，与中性条件相比，双音节词的两个可能的首音节对单词命名的促进程度相同。最后，实验5表明，对于具有清晰首音节边界的CV单词（如DIVORCE）所获得的音节启动效应并非由于语音和/或正字法重叠增加所致。这些结果表明音节构成了英语语音产出的一个单元，并结合Levelt和Wheeldon（1994）提出的语音和语音编码模型进行了讨论。
