October 3, 2025Open Access

Lexical Knowledge Enhances Consistence in Speech Categorization

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This analysis reveals how lexical knowledge modulates categorization consistency in speech, indicating its importance in language outcomes.

Higher lexical knowledge leads to greater categorization consistency in speech processing.
Listeners demonstrated higher consistency for word continua, with a significant difference noted compared to nonword continua.
The analysis utilized a visual analog scaling task, providing insights into the linguistic factors affecting speech categorization.
Findings suggest that while language ability enhances categorization consistency, it doesn't alter the effect of lexical knowledge.

Carraturo et al. (2025) studied this question.

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This analysis reveals how lexical knowledge modulates categorization consistency in speech, indicating its importance in language outcomes.