Sensitivity to Morphological Composition in Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from Grammatical and Lexical Identification Tasks

Autor/inn/en	Gwilliams, Laura E.; Monahan, Philip J.; Samuel, Arthur G.
Titel	Sensitivity to Morphological Composition in Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence from Grammatical and Lexical Identification Tasks
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 41 (2015) 6, S.1663-1674 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0000130
Schlagwörter	Morphology (Languages); Grammar; Speech Communication; Word Recognition; Cognitive Processes; Auditory Perception; Nouns; Verbs; Classification; Semantics; Listening Skills; Listening Comprehension; College Students; School Personnel; Spanish; Auditory Stimuli; Morphophonemics; Phonemes; Statistical Analysis; Foreign Countries; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Morphology; Morphologie; Grammatik; Worterkennung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Semantik; Hörverständnis; Collegestudent; Schulpersonal; Spanisch; Auditive Stimulation; Fonem; Statistische Analyse; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	Access to morphological structure during lexical processing has been established across a number of languages; however, it remains unclear which constituents are held as mental representations in the lexicon. The present study examined the auditory recognition of different noun types across 2 experiments. The critical manipulations were morphological complexity and the presence of a verbal derivation or nominalizing suffix form. Results showed that nominalizations, such as "explosion," were harder to classify as a noun but easier to classify as a word when compared with monomorphemic words with similar actionlike semantics, such as "avalanche." These findings support the claim that listeners decompose morphologically complex words into their constituent units during processing. More specifically, the results suggest that people hold representations of base morphemes in the lexicon. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01