Abstract
Semantic and phonological similarity effects provide critical constraints on the mechanisms underlying language production. In the present study, we jointly investigated effects of semantic and phonological similarity using the continuous naming task. In the semantic condition, Chinese Mandarin speakers named a list of pictures composed of 12 semantic category sets with 5 items from each semantic category, while in the phonological condition, they named a list of pictures from 12 phonological sets of 5 items sharing a spoken syllable. Related pictures occurred on adjacent trials, or were separated by 2, 4, or 6 unrelated pictures. Similar results were found across the semantic and phonological conditions: naming was facilitated by the directly preceding production of a related picture. For non-consecutive related responses, naming latency increased linearly as a function of the number of preceding production instances of related pictures. Parallel patterns of facilitation and interference effects arising from semantic and phonological similarity suggest universal principles which govern language production.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1193-1201 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Early online date | 7 Apr 2022 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 7 Apr 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32171058, 31771212, and 62061136001), Youth Innovation Promotion Association (Chinese Academy of Sciences), and Youth Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program (YESS20200138, China Association for Science and Technology) to Qingqing Qu.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Psychological Association
Keywords
- Word production
- Semantic similarity
- Phonological similarity
- Continuous naming task
- Incremental Learning