Word Recognition in Listening Exploring Interaction between Auditory Input and Context

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Where context effect occurs in word recognition process has been a constant debate in exploring language processing system. Our previous study (Ikemura, 2001) suggests that context effect occurs in the activation phase of the word recognition process, rather than in the selection phase. This study tries to reinforce the claim by analyzing word recognition results with two models: the logogen model and the cohort model. The experiment is conducted with Japanese college students. The same target words were dictated to the subjects in isolation, in linguistic context, and in situational context. The recognition of target words significantly increased when both linguistic and situational contexts were given together. This significant increase can be explained better by the logogen model, which argues for context effect in the activation phase. The results of the experiment suggest that auditory input and context can interact to inform appropriate word candidates.
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