title: Auditory morphological processing: Evidence from phonological priming.
abstract: Using an auditory lexical decision task, we find evidence of a facilitatory priming effect for morphologically complex targets (e.g., snow-ed) preceded by primes which rhyme with the target's stem (e.g., dough). By using rhyme priming, we are able to probe for morphological processing in a way that avoids confounds arising from semantic relatedness that are inherent to morphological priming (snow/snow-ed). Phonological control conditions (e.g., targets code and grove for prime dough) are used to rule out alternative interpretations of the effect that are based on partial rhyme or phonological embedding of the stem. The findings provide novel evidence for an independent morphological component in lexical processing and demonstrate the utility of rhyme priming in probing morphological representation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States. Electronic address: bacovcin@ling.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Hezekiah Akiva
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Bacovcin
authors.affiliation: Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States. Electronic address: amygood@ling.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goodwin Davies
authors.affiliation: Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States. Electronic address: rwilder@ling.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wilder
authors.affiliation: Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States. Electronic address: embick@ling.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Embick
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Auditory lexical decision; Morphological processing; Phonological priming; Rhyme priming