Accident - execute: increased activation in nonnative listening
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Dutch and English listeners’ perception of English words with partially overlapping onsets (e.g., accident execute) was investigated. Partially overlapping words remained active longer for nonnative listeners, causing an increase of lexical competition in nonnative compared with native listening.
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Accident – execute: Increased activ
Dutch and English listeners’ perception of English words with partially overlapping onsets (e.g., accident execute) was investigated. Partially overlapping words remained active longer for nonnative listeners, causing an increase of lexical competition in nonnative compared with native listening.
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