title: The effects of semantic transparency and base frequency on the recognition of English complex words.
abstract: A visual lexical decision task was used to examine the interaction between base frequency (i.e., the cumulative frequencies of morphologically related forms) and semantic transparency for a list of derived words. Linear mixed effects models revealed that high base frequency facilitates the recognition of the complex word (i.e., a base frequency effect), but the magnitude of this declines with semantic transparency. These results suggest that the extent to which the constituents of a complex word contribute to its recognition is dictated by semantic transparency. The implications of these findings are discussed in the context of localist-connectionist models of morphological processing.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of New South Wales.
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taft
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D016014:Linear Models; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011930:Reaction Time; D011932:Reading; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012660:Semantics