We report on a number of experiments aimed at verifying the role of the syllable as a representational unit in Italian. In experiments 1A-B (Finocchiaro & Bertinetto 2000), we found a syllabic effect within the syllable induction paradigm. However, the effect disappears when Italian subjects name words (exp. 2) or perform a lexical decision (exp. 3A-B). We interpret these findings as evidence that, in Italian, a syllabic representation emerges only (i) at very early processing stages, (ii) when the task strongly encourages the parsing of the speech signal. In addition, we suggest that syllabic representation has a time course, differing from language to language.

On the weakness of syllabic effects in Italian

BERTINETTO, Pier Marco;
2003

Abstract

We report on a number of experiments aimed at verifying the role of the syllable as a representational unit in Italian. In experiments 1A-B (Finocchiaro & Bertinetto 2000), we found a syllabic effect within the syllable induction paradigm. However, the effect disappears when Italian subjects name words (exp. 2) or perform a lexical decision (exp. 3A-B). We interpret these findings as evidence that, in Italian, a syllabic representation emerges only (i) at very early processing stages, (ii) when the task strongly encourages the parsing of the speech signal. In addition, we suggest that syllabic representation has a time course, differing from language to language.
2003
15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences Sciences (Barcellona)
Proceedings of the 15° International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
Scuola Normale Superiore. Laboratorio di Linguistica
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