Converging evidence for [coronal] underspecification in English-speaking adults.

ABSTRACT: The goal of this study was to test the predictions of the Featurally Underspecified Lexicon (FUL) theory by examining event-related potential (ERP) indices of phonological representation. Two English consonants differing in place of articulation were selected: [labial] /b/ and [coronal] /d/. It was assumed that the phonological representation of /d/ contained less distinctive feature information due to its [coronal] place of articulation, as compared to /b/. English-speaking adults were presented with two syllables, /bɑ/ and /dɑ/, in an ERP oddball paradigm where both syllables served as the standard and deviant stimulus in opposite stimulus sets. Three types of analyses were conducted: traditional mean amplitude measurements, cluster-based permutation tests, and single-trial general linea

SUBMITTER: Cummings A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5659596 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature