Finding words in a language that allows words without vowels
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Finding words in a language that allows words without vowels.
Across many languages from unrelated families, spoken-word recognition is subject to a constraint whereby potential word candidates must contain a vowel. This constraint minimizes competition from embedded words (e.g., in English, disfavoring win in twin because t cannot be a word). However, the constraint would be counter-productive in certain languages that allow stand-alone vowelless open-cl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cognition
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0010-0277
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.03.006