Underspecification in toddlers’ and adults’ lexical representations

Recent research has shown that toddlers’ lexical representations are phonologically detailed, quantitatively much like those of adults. Studies in this article explore whether toddlers’ and adults’ lexical representations are qualitatively similar. Psycholinguistic claims (Lahiri & Marslen-Wilso...

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Main Authors: Cohen Priva, U. (Author), Morgan, J.L (Author), Ren, J. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
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520 3 |a Recent research has shown that toddlers’ lexical representations are phonologically detailed, quantitatively much like those of adults. Studies in this article explore whether toddlers’ and adults’ lexical representations are qualitatively similar. Psycholinguistic claims (Lahiri & Marslen-Wilson, 1991; Lahiri & Reetz, 2002, 2010) based on underspecification (Kiparsky, 1982 et seq.) predict asymmetrical judgments in lexical processing tasks; these have been supported in some psycholinguistic research showing that participants are more sensitive to noncoronal-to-coronal (pop → top) than to coronal-to-noncoronal (top → pop) changes or mispronunciations. Three experiments using on-line visual world procedures showed that 19-month-olds and adults displayed sensitivities to both noncoronal-to-coronal and coronal-to-noncoronal mispronunciations of familiar words. No hints of any asymmetries were observed for either age group. There thus appears to be considerable developmental continuity in the nature of early and mature lexical representations. Discrepancies between the current findings and those of previous studies appear to be due to methodological differences that cast doubt on the validity of claims of psycholinguistic support for lexical underspecification. © 2019 Elsevier B.V. 
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