Phonological
Priming in Cantonese Spoken-Word Processing
M.C.W. Yip |
An
auditory priming experiment with 28 native Cantonese speakers was
conducted to examine the effects of phonological overlap between
monosyllabic target words and preceding primes. In the experiment,
listeners heard a pair of Cantonese monosyllables (prime-target)
with 250 milliseconds inter-stimulus interval in between and they
were instructed to name aloud the second item (target). Results indicated
that facilitation was observed in two conditions: (1) shared rime
and tone between primes and targets and (2) shared onset and rime
between primes and targets. However, when shared the onset and tone
between the monosyllabic prime and target, an inhibition effect was
observed. These findings are discussed in terms of the segmental
and supra-segmental information of Cantonese. Key words: phonological information, priming effects, Cantonese, spoken word processing |