Graded Semantic and Phonological Similarity Effects in Priming: Evidence for a Distributed Connectionist Approach to Morphology

Autor/inn/en	Gonnerman, Laura M.; Seidenberg, Mark S.; Andersen, Elaine S.
Titel	Graded Semantic and Phonological Similarity Effects in Priming: Evidence for a Distributed Connectionist Approach to Morphology
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 136 (2007) 2, S.323-345 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-3445
Schlagwörter	Semantics; Morphemes; Phonology; Morphology (Languages); Connected Discourse; Memory; Suffixes; Grammar + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Semantik; Morphem; Fonologie; Morphology; Morphologie; Gedächtnis; Grammatik
Abstract	A considerable body of empirical and theoretical research suggests that morphological structure governs the representation of words in memory and that many words are decomposed into morphological components in processing. The authors investigated an alternative approach in which morphology arises from the interaction of semantic and phonological codes. A series of cross-modal lexical decision experiments shows that the magnitude of priming reflects the degree of semantic and phonological overlap between words. Crucially, moderately similar items produce intermediate facilitation (e.g., lately-late). This pattern is observed for word pairs exhibiting different types of morphological relationships, including suffixed-stem (e.g., teacher-teach), suffixed-suffixed (e.g., saintly-sainthood), and prefixed-stem pairs (preheat-heat). The results can be understood in terms of connectionist models that use distributed representations rather than discrete morphemes. (Author).
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