dc.contributor.advisor | Vitevitch, Michael S | |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, Kit Ying | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-07-17 | |
dc.date.available | 2008-07-17 | |
dc.date.issued | 2007-11-29 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:2248 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/3963 | |
dc.description.abstract | The clustering coefficient refers to the proportion of phonological neighbors of a target word that are also neighbors of each other. The influence of the clustering coefficient on spoken word recognition was examined in the present study. In a same-different task, no significant effects of clustering coefficient were observed. In a perceptual identification task, words with a low clustering coefficient (i.e., few neighbors are interconnected) were more accurately identified than words with a high clustering coefficient (i.e., many neighbors are interconnected). In a lexical decision task, words with a low clustering coefficient were responded to more quickly than words with a high clustering coefficient. These findings suggest that the nature of relationships among the neighbors of the target word influences the lexical processing of the target word in the context of spoken word recognition. | |
dc.format.extent | 53 pages | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Cognitive psychology | |
dc.subject | Experimental psychology | |
dc.subject | Spoken word recognition | |
dc.subject | Clustering coefficient | |
dc.subject | Phonological neighbors | |
dc.title | The Influence of the Clustering Coefficient on Spoken Word Recognition | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Kemper, Susan | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Sereno, Joan | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Psychology | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
kusw.bibid | 6599356 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |