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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 1 Phonetic transcription (IPA), Phonotactic Probabilities (PP) of the set with pseudowords with highest possible phonotactic probabilities (PP+) and the set with the lower phonotactic probabilities (PP−)

From: Combining statistics: the role of phonotactics on cross-situational word learning

PP+a

PP−b

 

IPA

PP

 

IPA

PP

dini

[d͡ʒini]

0.0090

nipe

[nipe]

0.0066

deta

[deta]

0.0085

tadi

[tad͡ʒi]

0.0074

pemi

[pemi]

0.0082

mide

[mide]

0.0075

sute

[sute]

0.0084

teba

[teba]

0.0074

viko

[viko]

0.0080

kosu

[kosu]

0.0078

bara

[bara]

0.0090

ravi

[ravi]

0.0073

Mean

0.0085

Mean

0.0073

  1. aItems with the highest possible phonotactic probabilities (before becoming words) in Brazilian-Portuguese
  2. bItems with slightly lower phonotactic probabilities, but that still had relatively high phonotactic probability