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Lexical biases are useful

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2000

José R. Benkí
Affiliation:
Program in Linguistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285. benki@umich.edu www-personal.umich.edu/~benki/
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Abstract

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I present two criticisms: (1) Merge is a model of performance in speech perception experiments but not an ecologically valid model integrating both word recognition and speech perception, and (2) Merge's implementation of the variability of lexical effects must be made more precise or the model is indistinguishable from its alternatives.

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Brief Report
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press