The role of morphological structure in the processing of compounds: The interface between linguistics and psycholinguistics

Eva Kehayia; Gonia Jarema; Kyrana Tsapkini; Danuta Perlak; Angela Ralli; Danuta Kadzielawa

doi:10.1006/brln.1999.2090

The role of morphological structure in the processing of compounds: The interface between linguistics and psycholinguistics

Eva Kehayia, Gonia Jarema, Kyrana Tsapkini, Danuta Perlak, Angela Ralli, Danuta Kadzielawa

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This study presents a cross-linguistic investigation of lexical access and subjects' sensitivity to the internal morphological structure of compounds in two highly inflected languages, Greek and Polish. The following questions were addressed: Are individual constituents activated during on- line word recognition? To what extent does internal morphological structure play a role during lexical access? Is there an interaction between headedness and constituent-priming given that the inflection that the second constituent carries determines the gender, number, and case of the compound? Our results show activation of individual constituents of compounds during priming, a strong word effect, and a positional advantage for first constituents in spite of the presence of second constituent heads.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	370-377
Number of pages	8
Journal	Brain and Language
Volume	68
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1006/brln.1999.2090
State	Published - Jun 1 1999
Externally published	Yes

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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language
Cognitive Neuroscience
Speech and Hearing

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