… In terms of the process of lexical competition in spoken word recognition, the current study
… match in the definition of lexical competition. The novel sequences that diverged from an …

… with ‘cathedral’), as measured by increased recognition times to the existing word (Gaskell …
of lexical competition were followed up over the course of eight months. Novel words were …

… a novel word referred to a novel object. Thus, lexical competition—inhibitory interaction among
words in … understanding of the interaction between linguistic levels in lexical acquisition. …

… a test of lexical integration. Auditorily acquired novel words entered into competition both in
… study provides a first indication that novel words acquired in one modality engage in lexical …

… acquired word has been integrated in the mental lexicon is its engagement in this automatic
lexical competition … integrated with existing forms in the lexicon. McMurray, Kapnoula, and …

… of acquisition of the novel words, to see whether a processing advantage for earlier acquired
novel words … the term order-of-acquisition (OoA) to reflect our more restricted manipulation. …

… However, there was no immediate evidence for these novel words engaging in lexical
competition. … to examine the extent to which acquisition of the novel items led to heightened lexical …

… Lexical competition can … a novel word has been incorporated into the lexicon. However,
it is currently unclear whether lexical competition is altered by the acquisition of new words in …

… phonologically similar words. Recently [1], we examined the involvement of newly learnt
words in lexical competition (their “lexical footprint”). The research utilized spoken words with an …

… after childhood are notoriously hard to acquire, and discrimination of the … competition in
that the potential set of word candidates activated by presentation of any second-language word …