Frequency Effects in Spanish Phonological Speech Errors: Weak Sources in the Context of Weak Syllables and Words
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URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10481/81027Metadatos
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Speech errors Frequency effect Phonological encoding Spanish Language production
Date
2023Patrocinador
Funding for open access charge: Universidad de GranadaRésumé
The present study examines effects of the frequency of phoneme, syllable and word units in
the Granada corpus of Spanish phonological speech errors. We computed several measures of
phoneme and syllable frequency and selected the most sensitive ones, along with word
(lexeme) frequency to compare the frequencies of source, target, and error units at the
phoneme, syllable, and word levels. Results showed that phoneme targets have equivalent
frequency to matched controls, whereas source phonemes are lower in frequency than chance
(the WEAK SOURCE
EFFECT )
and than target phonemes (the DAVID
EFFECT).
Target, source,
and error syllables and words also were of lower frequency than chance, and error words
(when they occur) were lowest in frequency. Contrary to most current theories, which focus
on faulty processing of the target units, present results suggest that faulty processing of the
source units (phonemes, syllables and words) is an important factor contributing to
phonological speech errors. Low-frequency words and syllables have more difficulty
ensuring that their phonemes, especially those of low frequency, are output only in their
correct locations.