?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Where+is+the+length+effect%3F+A+cross-linguistic+study.&rft.creator=Bachoud-L%C3%A9vi%2C+A.C.&rft.creator=Dupoux%2C+E.&rft.creator=Cohen%2C+L.&rft.creator=Mehler%2C+J.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=Many+models+of+speech+production+assume+that+one+cannot+begin+to+articulate+a+word+before+all+its+segmental+units+are+inserted+into+the+articulatory+plan.+Moreover%2C+some+of+these+models+assume+that+segments+are+serially+inserted+from+left+to+right.+As+a+consequence%2C+latencies+to+name+words+should+increase+with+word+length.+In+a+series+of+five+experiments%2C+however%2C+we+showed+that+the+time+to+name+a+picture+or+retrieve+a+word+associated+with+a+symbol+is+not+affected+by+the+length+of+the+word.+Experiments+1+and+2+used+French+materials+and+participants%2C+while+Experiments+3%2C+4+and+5+were+conducted+with+English+materials+and+participants.+These+results+are+discussed+in+relation+to+current+models+of+speech+production%2C+and+previous+reports+of+length+effects+are+reevaluated+in+light+of+these+findings.+We+conclude+that+if+words+are+encoded+serially%2C+then+articulation+can+start+before+an+entire+phonological+word+has+been+encoded.&rft.date=1998&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F748%2F1%2Flenprep.ps&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F748%2F5%2Flenprep.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bachoud-L%C3%A9vi%2C+A.C.+and+Dupoux%2C+E.+and+Cohen%2C+L.+and+Mehler%2C+J.++(1998)+Where+is+the+length+effect%3F+A+cross-linguistic+study.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F748%2F