APPENDIX A.
Stimulus Items Used in Experiments 1–3, and Examples of Their Neighbors
| Phonological P = 2
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Phonological P = 3
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| Neighbors
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Neighbors
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| Stimulus | P1 | P2 | P3 | Stimulus | P1 | P2 | P3 |
| chalk | Hawk | check | * | cheese | tease | choose | cheap |
| chill | Fill | * | chip | chess | guess | chase | check |
| church | search | * | chirp | chose | rose | cheese | chore |
| deaf | Chef | * | dead | curb | verb | cub | curl |
| dodge | lodge | * | dot | dish | wish | dash | dip |
| doll | * | dull | dock | dog | log | dug | dawn |
| dose | * | dice | dove | doubt | shout | dirt | down |
| fetch | Retch | * | fed | dove | cove | dive | dome |
| fish | Wish | * | fib | firm | term | fame | fern |
| five | Dive | * | fine | foam | home | firm | phone |
| foul | Howl | feel | * | fog | hog | fig | fall |
| gab | Cab | * | gag | foot | soot | fight | full |
| geese | peace | gas | * | gauze | pause | gaze | gone |
| good | Wood | guide | * | germ | term | gem | jerk |
| gouge | gauge | * | gown | gown | down | gun | gouge |
| hedge | wedge | * | head | guide | wide | god | guise |
| hen | den | * | hem | guise | size | gauze | guide |
| jade | wade | * | jail | hive | dive | heave | hike |
| joke | poke | jerk | * | hog | dog | hug | haul |
| judge | fudge | * | jug | jab | cab | job | jack |
| king | ring | * | kick | jerk | work | joke | germ |
| league | * | log | lease | ledge | hedge | lodge | leg |
| leash | * | lash | leap | lobe | robe | lob | load |
| loaf | * | life | lobe | lodge | dodge | ledge | lock |
| lull | hull | * | lush | lurch | church | leach | learn |
| mesh | * | mash | met | mop | hop | map | mock |
| mob | lob | * | mock | mouse | house | mace | mouth |
| moth | * | mouth | moss | mouth | south | moth | mouse |
| noise | poise | nose | * | neck | wreck | knock | net |
| noun | down | nun | * | niece | piece | nurse | need |
| nudge | fudge | * | nut | nurse | purse | noose | nerve |
| palm | psalm | * | pop | pause | cause | poise | pawn |
| path | math | * | pad | peg | beg | pig | pen |
| poise | noise | pause | * | pouch | vouch | pitch | pout |
| sash | rash | * | sack | sauce | toss | cease | sought |
| shawl | wall | shell | * | shave | wave | shove | shape |
| sheath | wreath | * | sheep | shop | top | ship | shot |
| shine | dine | shun | * | shove | love | shave | shun |
| thought | fought | * | thong | theme | beam | thumb | thief |
| tube | * | tub | tune | toad | road | tide | tote |
| vague | * | vogue | vase | van | man | vein | vat |
| verb | curb | * | verse | verse | terse | voice | verb |
| verge | surge | * | verb | vote | boat | vet | vogue |
| wing | sing | * | wish | weave | leave | wove | weep |
| womb | tomb | worm | * | wedge | hedge | wage | well |
| worse | curse | * | worth | worth | birth | with | word |
Note—P1, change at first phoneme position; P2, change at second phoneme position; P3, change at third phoneme position.
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No English word in the corpus (see Nusbaum, Pisoni, & Davis, 1984) is formed by changing the stimulus phoneme at this position.