Linearity and morphological structure in derived words: evidence from category decision.
The present article investigates the influences of word-internal category information and linearity on the processing of morphologically complex words. Three sets of Finnish derived nouns consisting of a noun, adjective or verb stem, and a suffix were submitted to two on-line category decision tasks, where the subjects had to decide whether the word was a noun or a verb respectively. Both experiments show a stem-suffix category mismatch effect manifesting itself in prolonged reaction time latencies. Thus, the results indicate that the order of presentation and the word-internal structural information are intimately tied together also in the visual processing of morphological complex words.
Järvikivi
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University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland. Juhani.Jarvikivi@Joensuu.Fi
Niemi
J
J
D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology; D014825:Vocabulary