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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: Lang Learn Dev. 2013 Feb 14;9(2):151–174. doi: 10.1080/15475441.2012.684574
Episode 1 (1 exposure) Episode 2 (3 exposures) Episode 3 (3 exposures)
Narrator “We can go to the candy machines at the park, said Big Brother. “I can eat more candy than you,” said Big Brother. “Let’s eat our leftover candy before mom and dad come home,” said Little Sister.
Trochaic Stress Pattern “My favorite is the /’f ʌʃpəm /.” Big Brother ran to the /’fʌʃpəm/. He got candy from the /’fʌʃpəm/. He stuffed all the candy from the /’fʌʃpəm/ in his mouth. “Can you eat that much?” Big Brother got his candy from the /’fʌʃpəm/. He ate all his candy from the /’fʌʃpəm/. “Mmm,” he said, “the candy from the /’fʌʃpəm/ is really good.”
Iambic Stress Pattern Little Sister said, “My favorite is the /bəp’kʌv/.“ Little Sister ran to the /bəp’kʌv/. She got candy from the /bəp’kʌv/. She stuffed all the candy from the /bəp’kʌv/ in her mouth. Then, they got more candy for later. Little Sister got her candy from the /bəp’kʌv/. She ate all her candy from the /bəp’kʌv /. “Mmm,” she said, “the candy from the /bəp’kʌv/ is really good.”

Note. Story taken from Storkel (2001) with present study’s novel words substituted.