Detecting Spelling Errors in Compound and Pseudocompound Words

Autor/inn/en	Chamberlain, Jenna M.; Gagné, Christina L.; Spalding, Thomas L.; Lõo, Kaidi
Titel	Detecting Spelling Errors in Compound and Pseudocompound Words
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46 (2020) 3, S.580-602 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0000748
Schlagwörter	Spelling; Error Patterns; Task Analysis; Morphology (Languages); Morphemes; Comparative Analysis; Language Processing; Word Processing; College Students; Psychology; Foreign Countries; Reaction Time; Alphabets; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schreibweise; Fehlertyp; Aufgabenanalyse; Morphology; Morphologie; Morphem; Sprachverarbeitung; Textverarbeitung; Collegestudent; Psychologie; Ausland; Reaktionsvermögen; Buchstabenschrift; Kanada
Abstract	Three experiments using a spelling error detection task investigated the extent to which morphemes and pseudomorphemes affect word processing. We compared the processing of transparent compound words (e.g., doorbell), pseudocompound words (e.g., carpet), and matched control words (e.g., tomato). In half of the compound and pseudocompound words, spelling errors were created by transposing adjacent letters and in half of the control words, errors were created by transposing letters at the same location as the matched compound or pseudocompound words. Correctly spelled compound words were more easily processed than matched control words, but this advantage was removed when letter transpositions were introduced at the morpheme boundary. In contrast, misspelled pseudocompound words showed a processing deficit relative to their matched control words when letter transpositions were introduced at the (pseudo)morpheme boundary. The results strongly suggest that morphological processing is attempted obligatorily when the orthography indicates that morphological structure is present. However, the outcomes of the morphological processing attempts are different for compounds and pseudocompounds, as might be expected, given that only the compounds have a morphological structure that matches the structure suggested by the orthography. The findings reflect 2 effects: an orthographic effect that is facilitatory and not sensitive to morphological structure of the whole word, and a morphemic effect that is facilitatory for compounds but inhibitory for pseudocompounds. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01