Mani, Nivedita

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[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","196"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","2"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Cognition"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","206"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","121"],["dc.contributor.author","Mani, Nivedita"],["dc.contributor.author","Plunkett, Kim"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:51:35Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:51:35Z"],["dc.date.issued","2011"],["dc.description.abstract","Adult word recognition is influenced by prior exposure to phonologically or semantically related words (cup primes cat or plate) compared to unrelated words (door), suggesting that words are organised in the adult lexicon based on their phonological and semantic properties and that word recognition implicates not just the heard word, but also related words. We investigate the phonological organisation of the toddler lexicon with two experiments using a picture priming technique. Twenty-four month olds showed inhibition of target recognition in related primed trials compared to unrelated primed trials (Experiment 1) and also in related primed trials compared to unprimed trials (Experiment 2). Further analysis of children’s responding found that this inhibition effect was modulated by the cohort and neighbourhood size of the words tested. Overall, the results indicate a lexical basis for the reported effects and suggest that the phonological properties provide an organisational basis for words in the toddler lexicon."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.cognition.2011.06.013"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150997"],["dc.identifier.pmid","21831366"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/7805"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","0010-0277"],["dc.title","Phonological priming and cohort effects in toddlers"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

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[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","606"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","03"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Child Language"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","627"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","38"],["dc.contributor.author","Mani, Nivedita"],["dc.contributor.author","Plunkett, Kim"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:51:36Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:51:36Z"],["dc.date.issued","2010"],["dc.description.abstract","Children look longer at a familiar object when presented with either correct pronunciations or small mispronunciations of consonants in the object's label, but not following larger mispronunciations. The current article examines whether children display a similar graded sensitivity to different degrees of mispronunciations of the vowels in familiar words, by testing children's sensitivity to 1-feature, 2-feature and 3-feature mispronunciations of the vowels of familiar labels: Children aged 1 ; 6 did not show a graded sensitivity to vowel mispronunciations, even when the trial length was increased to allow them more time to form a response. Two-year-olds displayed a robust sensitivity to increases in vowel mispronunciation size, differentiating between small and large mispronunciations. While this suggests that early lexical representations contain information about the features contributing to vocalic identity, we present evidence that this graded sensitivity is better explained by the acoustic characteristics of the different mispronunciation types presented to children."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1017/s0305000910000243"],["dc.identifier.gro","3151004"],["dc.identifier.pmid","21034524"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/7813"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","0305-0009"],["dc.title","Does size matter? Subsegmental cues to vowel mispronunciation detection"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1273"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Cognitive Science"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1278"],["dc.contributor.author","Mani, Nivedita"],["dc.contributor.author","Plunkett, Kim"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-11-15T07:59:10Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-11-15T07:59:10Z"],["dc.date.issued","2008"],["dc.description.abstract","Adults recognise words faster given prior exposure to phonologically or semantically related words compared to unrelated words, suggesting that words are organised in the adult lexicon based on their phonological and semantic properties and that word recognition implicates not just the heard word, but also related words. The organisation of words in the infant lexicon, however, remains unexplored. The current experiments examine the phonological organisation of the infant lexicon using a picture priming technique, hitherto not used with infants: 18- and 24-month-old infants were faster at recognising words when preceded by phonologically related primes compared to unrelated primes. In addition, word recognition in 24-month-olds was impaired when the number of phonologically similar words known to infants was large, suggesting that, the 24-month-old mental lexicon has begun to be organised on the basis of the phonological properties of words."],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/9987"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","fcwi"],["dc.title","Phonological Priming in Infancy"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

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[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","252"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","2"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Memory and Language"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","272"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","57"],["dc.contributor.author","Mani, Nivedita"],["dc.contributor.author","Plunkett, Kim"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:51:35Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:51:35Z"],["dc.date.issued","2007"],["dc.description.abstract","Infants become selectively sensitive to phonological distinctions relevant to their native language at an early age. One might expect that infants bring some of this phonological knowledge to bear in encoding the words they subsequently acquire. In line with this expectation, studies have found that 14-month-olds are sensitive to mispronunciations of initial consonants of familiar words when asked to identify a referent. However, there is very little research investigating infants\\’ sensitivity to vowels in lexical representations. Experiment 1 examines whether infants at 15, 18 and 24 months are sensitive to mispronunciations of vowels in familiar words. The results provide evidence for vowels constraining lexical recognition of familiar words. Experiment 2 compares 15, 18 and 24-month-olds\\’ sensitivity to consonant and vowel mispronunciations of familiar words in order to assess the relative contribution of vowels and consonants in constraining lexical recognition. Our results suggest a symmetry in infants\\’ sensitivity to vowel and consonant mispronunciations early in the second year of life."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.jml.2007.03.005"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150989"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/7796"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","0749-596X"],["dc.title","Phonological specificity of vowels and consonants in early lexical representations"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

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