Table 2.
Correctly pronounced and mispronounced labels presented to infants in Experiment 2 of Mani and Plunkett (2007). Note that targets and distracters have the same onset consonants, so that onset consonants alone cannot be used to identify the target.
| Correct pronunciations | Mispronunciations |
Distracter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vowel | Consonant | ||
| Ball/bɔːl/ | Bule/buːl/ | Gall /gɔːl/ | Bear/bεː/ |
| Bib/bIb/ | Bab/bab/ | Dib/dIb/ | Boot/bu:t/ |
| Bed/bεd/ | Bud/bʌd/ | Ped/pεd/ | Book /b℧k/ |
| Bus/bʌs/ | Bas/bas/ | Pus/pʌs/ | Bike /bʌIk/ |
| Cat/kat/ | Cart/kɑt/ | Gat/gat/ | Cow/ka℧/ |
| Cup/kʌp/ | Cep/kεp/ | Gup/gʌp/ | Car /kɑː/ |
| Dog/dɒg/ | Doog/d℧g/ | Bog/bɒg/ | Duck /dʌk/ |
| Keys/kiːz/ | Kas/kaːz/ | Tees/tiːz/ | Coat /kə℧t/ |