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Differences in the Processing of Prefixes and Suffixes Revealed by a Letter-Search Task
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Scientific Studies of Reading . 2015 19(5):360-373. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- A letter-search task was used to test the hypothesis that affixes are chunked during morphological processing and that such chunking might operate differently for prefixes and suffixes. Participants had to detect a letter target that was embedded either in a prefix or suffix (e.g., "R" in "propoint" or "filmure") or in a non-prefix beginning or non-suffix ending (e.g., "R" in "cropoint" or "filmire"). Prefixed and suffixed letter-strings comprised real stems and affixes but never formed a real word. Effects of letter cluster frequency were also investigated by manipulating the frequency of non-affix beginnings and endings. Letter search took longer in suffixes compared with non-suffix endings but not for prefixes compared with non-prefix beginnings. Moreover, performance was not affected by letter cluster frequency. We interpret our findings in the light of recent accounts of morpho-orthographic segmentation and the different function of prefixes and suffixes.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1088-8438
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Scientific Studies of Reading
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1074234
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2015.1057824