The Perception of the Aorist Forms with a Thematic Vowel -A- instead of -О- (A New Study)

This paper presents and analyses the results of a non-representative survey on the perception of aorist forms with an unstressed thematic vowel -a- instead of a thematic vowel -o-. My primary objective is to validate the hypothesis that the ability to identify errors of this nature in spoken language depends on the individual's perceptual style. The study encompasses diverse texts that vary in the level of concentration and attention exhibited by the listener. Four perceptual styles are employed: listening to a brief, coherent text; a simple sentence; a three-word list; and a single word. The analysis also evaluates the accuracy of the hypothesis concerning the relationship between respondents' sociodemographic characteristics and their success in identifying the error in aorist forms with an unstressed thematic vowel -a- instead of -o-.