I. Berent et Ca. Perfetti, A ROSE IS A REEZ - THE 2-CYCLES MODEL OF PHONOLOGY ASSEMBLY IN READING ENGLISH, Psychological review, 102(1), 1995, pp. 146-184
The authors propose a model of phonological assembly that postulates a
multilinear representation that segregates consonants and vowels in d
ifferent planes. This representation determines the online process of
assembly: Consonants and vowels are derived in 2 consecutive cycles th
at differ in their automaticity. The model's temporal properties resol
ve critical contradictions in the phonological processing literature.
Its claims are further supported by a series of English-masking and En
glish-priming experiments demonstrating that the contributions of cons
onants and vowels depend on target exposure duration and differ in the
ir susceptibility to digit load. One methodological implication of the
model is that regularity effects are not necessary evidence for assem
bly. This claim is supported by naming studies showing that vowel asse
mbly requires long target durations, but short target durations permit
consonant assembly despite null evidence for vowels.