Table 1.
The word and non-words used in the three experiments and thee lengths of the component syllables in ms.
| Syllable 1 | ms | Syllable 2 | ms | Syllable 3 | ms | Word |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WORDS | ||||||
| Pee | 229 | Fah | 388 | Boe | 267 | Peefahboe |
| Roo | 304 | Wee | 272 | Law | 336 | Rooweelaw |
| Hoe | 329 | Lay | 298 | Gee | 228 | Hoelaygee |
| Kaw | 298 | Goo | 267 | Pah | 306 | Kawgoopah |
| May | 286 | Taw | 298 | Foo | 330 | Maytawfoo |
| Dah | 300 | Koe | 285 | Way | 298 | Dahkoeway |
| 291.0 | 301.3 | 294.2 | Average length | |||
| Syllable 1 | ms | Syllable 2 | ms | Syllable 3 | ms | Non-word |
| NON-WORDS | ||||||
| Lay | 298 | Hoe | 329 | Pee | 229 | Layhoepee |
| Wee | 272 | Kaw | 298 | Roo | 304 | Weekawroo |
| Boe | 267 | Gee | 228 | Taw | 298 | Boegeetaw |
| Goo | 267 | Dah | 300 | May | 286 | Goodahmay |
| Law | 336 | Way | 298 | Fah | 388 | Lawwayfah |
| Pah | 306 | Foo | 330 | Koe | 285 | Pahfookoe |
| 291.0 | 297.2 | 298.3 | Average length | |||
The six non-words were created with the following constraints: half began with a medial syllable and half began with a final syllable. No syllable occurred in the same position in the non-words as it did in the words (e.g., if “Wee” was in medial position in a word, it would not occur medially in a non-word) so as to prevent learners from falsely recognizing a nonsense word from positional encoding of its component syllables. Finally, each of the vowels occurred once in each position in the words and once in each position in the non-words but was never repeated within a given word, or given non-word.