Conditional root uniqueness points: psychological validity and perceptual consequences

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Issues concerning linguistic uniqueness points, which represent the letter-part of a word that first makes it unique and distinguishable from all other words, are examined. Topics include prefixes, root words, and the process by which such words as "discredit," discrepant," and "displease" are recognized.

United States, Morphology (Biology), Grammar, Comparative and general, Grammar, Morphology

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Segmental and suprasegmental mismatch in lexical access

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Research in spoken Spanish has developed a model for spoken-word recognition requiring automatic activation of word forms and competition between activated words. The activation process has shown sensitivity to all acoustic data relevant to the language's phonology.

Spanish language, Vowels, Speech acts (Linguistics), Accents and accentuation, Accentuation (Linguistics)

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Boundaries versus onsets in syllabic segmentation

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The syllabification of French words with a consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel construct is analyzed. While most speakers included the first consonant with the later syllable, some speakers included the initial consonant sound in both syllables.

France, Phonetics, French language, Syllabication

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