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CVCVC (319) words and paralogs previously assessed for scaled-rated meaningfulness and associative reaction time were assessed for rated pronunciability following procedures used by Underwood and Schulz. The reliability correlation coefficient was.86. The r between pronunciability and meaningfulness was -.78; and the r between pronunciability and associative reaction time was.65. The validity of the assessment was based primarily on correlations between pronunciability values and performance data from a free-recall experiment and a recognition-memory experiment. The pronunciability values of a sample of 36 CVCVCs was found to be correlated with frequency of recall (r = −.41), and the pronunciability values of a second sample of 36 CVCVCs was found to be correlated with the frequency of recognition under three different measures of recognition memory: multiple choice (r =–.44), Shepard-Teghtsoonian (r =–.40), and embedded item (r =–.59).
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This research was supported in part by a State University of New York Research Foundation Grant-in-Aid to the first author.
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Ley, R., Karker, J. Pronunciability ratings of 319 CVCVC words and paralogs previously assessed for meaningfulness and associative reaction time. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 3, 421–424 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333514
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