Open AccessModeling of phonological encoding in spoken word production: From G ermanic languages to M andarin C hinese and J apanese
Author(s) -
Roelofs Ardi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
japanese psychological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1468-5884
pISSN - 0021-5368
DOI - 10.1111/jpr.12050
Subject(s) - word (group theory) , encoding (memory) , linguistics , production (economics) , phonology , association (psychology) , computer science , frame (networking) , language production , psychology , artificial intelligence , cognition , philosophy , neuroscience , economics , psychotherapist , macroeconomics , telecommunications
It is widely assumed that spoken word production in G ermanic languages like D utch and E nglish involves a parallel activation of phonemic segments and metrical frames in memory, followed by a serial association of segments to the frame, as implemented in the WEAVER ++ model ( L evelt, R oelofs, & M eyer, 1999). However, for Oriental languages like M andarin C hinese and Japanese, researchers have suggested that the serial association concerns atonal phonological syllables ( M andarin C hinese) or moras ( J apanese) to tonal frames. Here, the utility of these theoretical suggestions is demonstrated by computer simulations of key empirical findings using versions of WEAVER ++ for E nglish, M andarin C hinese (纺 织 者++), and J apanese (). The simulation outcomes suggest that, although languages may differ in the phonological structure of their words, the principles underlying phonological encoding are similar across languages.