id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_vpxxzkt23jbbvle4fwzw3wuzpi P. G. O'Seaghdha Close but not proximate: The significance of phonological segments in speaking depends on their functional engagement 2012 1 .pdf application/pdf 747 96 63 and Chinese languages in the type of the initial units of phonological encoding for speaking. or "proximate units" (1, 2) are segmental in Indo-European languages but whole syllables in Chinese. of consistent initial consonants in several word production tasks. In combination, these findings can be interpreted as particularly compelling evidence for the subordinate role of phonemes not clear is how the ERP signature of the resulting phonological concord relates to production. functional engagement of segments in preparation for production. account (1) with the view that phonemes are vestigial in production of Chinese. future more complete accounts of word production across units (e.g., syllables and segments among others) in Chinese, 1. O'Seaghdha PG, Chen J-Y, Chen T-M (2010) Proximate units in word production: Phonological encoding begins with syllables in Mandarin Chinese but with segments in 2. O'Seaghdha PG, Chen J-Y (2009) Toward a language-general account of word production: ./cache/work_vpxxzkt23jbbvle4fwzw3wuzpi.pdf ./txt/work_vpxxzkt23jbbvle4fwzw3wuzpi.txt