Adults show less sensitivity to phonetic detail in unfamiliar words, too

. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Mem Lang. 2013 Mar 1;68(4):362–378. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2013.01.003

Training labels	Mispronunciations	Novel labels
bæv	gæv^p	t∫æg
biθ	giθ^p	flɪm
blεm	glεm^p	slud
boð	goɪð^p	dʒɪk
bos	pos^v	∫εn
buʒ	puʒ^v	kaʊt
baʊdʒ	paʊdʒ^v	faɪs
da∫	ta∫^v	san
dεt∫	bεt∫^p	vεd
ðεk	ʒεk^p	taɪf
dɪv	bɪv^p	vis
dɹeb	gɹeb^p	daɪg
fɪdʒ	vɪdʒ^v	pɹæk
faʊm	vaʊm^v	stʌt
gʌdʒ	kʌdʒ^v	læt
gɹol	bɹol^p	gaʊk
gaɪn	baɪn^p	tεz
gef	kef^v	t∫um
kadʒ	padʒ^p	t∫ʌb
kεl	gεl^v	paɪt∫
kɪʒ	gɪʒ^v	dʒid
gʊz	dʊz^p	fæl
klop	glop^v	voʒ
pʌv	bʌv^v	fit∫
pluk	kluk^p
pʊθ	tʊθ^p
sεp	fεp^p
sig	∫ig^p
soɪk	zoɪk^v
sot	zot^v
∫ub	ʒub^v
sʊd	zʊd^v
saɪp	∫aɪp^p
tæs	kæs^p
θʌp	fʌp^p
teg	peg^p
tib	dib^v
tof	dof^v
toɪp	doɪp^v
tɹam	dɹam^v
tuv	kuv^p
vad	zad^p
voɪn	ʒoɪn^p
vup	zup^p
zʌl	sʌl^v
zæb	sæb^v
zed	sed^v
ʒɪb	∫ɪb^v

Phonotactic probability characteristics of training and mispronunciation sets, respectively. Mean 1st biphone = .003, Mean 1st biphone = .0024. Mean 1st segment = .0507, Mean 1st segment = .0455.