All 2100 CVC trigrams were scaled for pronunciability by measuring pronunciation latency (PLat). The resulting distribution of PLat scores was extremely leptokurtic and positively skewed. Scores ranged from a minimum of .531 sec to a maximum of 1.726 sec. Average PLat was .81 sec. The relationship of PLat to Archer meaningfulness was linear; however, the degree of relationship was slight (r=−.37). This finding is interpreted as indicating that PLat is relatively free of bias from such other stimulus attributes as meaningfulness. As such, P Lat is viewed as reflecting a basic processing time for such stimulus materials.
This is an experiment designed to see how people pronounce nonsense syllables. When the experiment begins, nonsense syllables will appear one at a time on the screen in front of you. I want you to try and pronounce each of these as carefully as possible. Each nonsense syllable will appear on the screen for 1sec, or until you pronounce it. If you have not pronounced it within 1 sec, it will go off, but you will still have 2 sec to make a response before the next syllable appears. Try to be careful to give the correct pronunciation. Do you have any questions? After the instructions were read, the sensitivity of the voice key was adjusted to each individual by having S articulate pauses (e.g., ahh, err).
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