All languages instantiate a consonant/vowel contrast. This contrast has processing
consequences at different levels of spoken-language recognition throughout the lifespan. In …

Languages with non-concatenative morphology are often claimed to include consonantal
root morphemes in their lexicon. Previous psycholinguistic studies strengthened the Root …

This paper examines the sound‐symbolic link between voiced obstruents (speech sounds
created by obstructing the airflow) present in a brand name and the perceived product/brand …

Consonants and vowels differ acoustically and articulatorily, but also functionally:
Consonants are more relevant for lexical processing, and vowels for prosodic/syntactic …

In this paper, we propose a functional and cross-language perspective on the organization
of phonological systems based on the notion of functional load (FL). Using large corpora, we …

Consonants have been proposed to carry more of the weight of lexical processing than
vowels. This consonant bias has consistently been found in adults and has been proposed …

The division of labor hypothesis proposed by Nespor, Peña, and Mehler (2003) postulates
that consonants are more important than vowels in lexical processing (when learning and …

Previous preferential listening studies suggest that 11-month-olds' early word
representations are phonologically detailed, such that minor phonetic variations (ie …

While words are distinguished primarily by consonants and vowels in many languages,
tones are also used in the majority of the world's languages to cue lexical contrasts …

Phonological processes such as vowel chain shifting result in complex systems of cross-
category vowel variation across spoken varieties of a language (Labov, 1994). The …