Goldilocks and the Three Beers: Word Recognition and Sound Merger
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The consequences for the process of spoken word recognition of changes-inprogress in the sound system of New Zealand English are investigated in a semantic priming experiment. For example, semantic associates of both beer (ie. wine) and bear (ie. hug) are facilitated after subjects have heard [bi\], while only hug is primed by [be\]. This result reflects the asymmetry found in speech production studies in New Zealand, which show a progressive merger towards the [i\] form for words with these diphthongs.
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