However, following lexical segmentation, the activation of competitors is strongly
determined by (though not exclusively so) the initial portion of a word, i.e., word onset, with
acousticphonetic information unfolding over time further guiding the activation process and
constraining potential candidates (Jusczyk & Luce, 2002; Vitevitch, 2002). Once ambiguity
is resolved and the best lexical match is found, information about the semantic and syntactic