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 nonsensesyllables. When the experiment begins, nonsense syllableswillappear one at a time on the screen in front of you. I wantyou to try andpronounce eachof these as carefully as possible. Each nonsense syllablewill appear for 1 sec, or until you pronounce it. If you havenot 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?