A cross-linguistic examination of assimilation context effects

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A study to determine the role of experience with a specific language or assimilation phenomenon in shaping the phonological processes that allow listeners to process assimilated speech by experimenting on native and non-speakers of Hungarian and Korean in assimilated and non-assimilated control contexts is conducted. Results conclude that progressive assimilation context effects are produced by mechanisms that do not require familiarity with a specific assimilation process but rely on perceptual mechanisms.

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Processing discourse roles in scripted narratives: the influences of context and world knowledge

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Discourse context affects comprehension of a word in a text by facilitating lexical access. Two experiments conducted using eye-tracking measures to examine contextual influence on integration of role fillers in scripted narratives are discussed.

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Recognition memory for pseudowords

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Participants give positive responses on a recognition test to pseudowords than words. A series of experiments conducted that suggests that the difference reflects the greater overall familiarity of pseudowords than of words are discussed.

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