Morphological Complexity and Lexical Processing Costs
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Resumo: | Although many words are formed by more than one morphological constituent, not all of them are complex words. In the framework of morphological analysis, the term ‘complex word’ usually sets apart words formed by a root, a stem index and inflectional affixes, from words formed by derivation, modification or compounding. This distinction is quite simplistic since all words display a certain degree of complexity. In the literature, there are abundant claims that morphological structure plays an important role in word processing, but the level of morphological complexity is never taken into account. In this paper, we will try to contribute to the discussion of the role of morphological structure for written word processing, namely by taking into consideration the level of morphological complexity of a particular set of Portuguese derived words. We will look at the results of a priming experiment involving a lexical decision task on three sets of derivatives in -oso: the first set is formed by compositional structures; in the second, we have included words that display an allomorph of the suffix (i.e. –oso ~ –uoso); and, in the third set, we gathered words that make use of an allomorphic base. The results of this experiment confirm that derived word processing is sensitive to the morphological structure of the word and they also show that compositional structures involve lower processing costs. Hence, these results allow us to claim that the degree of morphological complexity of complex words needs to be considered for the study of written word processing. |
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Morphological Complexity and Lexical Processing CostsComplexidade morfológica e custos de processamento lexicalMorphological complexityVisual processingDerivationComplexidade morfológicaProcessamento visualAcesso lexicalDerivaçãoAlthough many words are formed by more than one morphological constituent, not all of them are complex words. In the framework of morphological analysis, the term ‘complex word’ usually sets apart words formed by a root, a stem index and inflectional affixes, from words formed by derivation, modification or compounding. This distinction is quite simplistic since all words display a certain degree of complexity. In the literature, there are abundant claims that morphological structure plays an important role in word processing, but the level of morphological complexity is never taken into account. In this paper, we will try to contribute to the discussion of the role of morphological structure for written word processing, namely by taking into consideration the level of morphological complexity of a particular set of Portuguese derived words. We will look at the results of a priming experiment involving a lexical decision task on three sets of derivatives in -oso: the first set is formed by compositional structures; in the second, we have included words that display an allomorph of the suffix (i.e. –oso ~ –uoso); and, in the third set, we gathered words that make use of an allomorphic base. The results of this experiment confirm that derived word processing is sensitive to the morphological structure of the word and they also show that compositional structures involve lower processing costs. Hence, these results allow us to claim that the degree of morphological complexity of complex words needs to be considered for the study of written word processing.Embora muitas palavras sejam formadas por mais de um constituinte morfológico, nem todas são habitualmente consideradas palavras complexas. No quadro da análise morfológica do Português, o conceito de ‘palavra complexa’ divide as palavras formadas por um radical, um constituinte temático e, eventualmente, um ou dois sufixos de flexão, das palavras formadas por estes mesmos constituintes e ainda os que são trazidos pelos processos de derivação, modificação ou composição. Esta distinção é redutora porque todas as palavras contêm algum grau de complexidade, mas não há instrumentos de análise que permitam medi-la. Procuraremos contribuir para a discussão da avaliação da complexidade das palavras com base em dados do processamento da leitura. A literatura apresenta diversas descrições que mostram que a estrutura morfológica desempenha um papel importante no processamento visual. Neste trabalho procuraremos encontrar novas evidências, testando hipóteses relacionadas com a composicionalidade das palavras. Usamos os métodos de priming morfológico e decisão lexical sobre três conjuntos de derivados em –oso: o primeiro é formado por estruturas composicionais, o segundo é constituído por palavras onde ocorre um alomorfe do sufixo e o terceiro contém palavras onde ocorre um alomorfe da forma de base. Os resultados obtidos confirmam que o processamento das palavras derivadas é sensível à sua estrutura morfológica e mostram também que as estruturas composicionais envolvem menores custos de processamento. Estas evidências permitem-nos propor critérios a ter em consideração na avaliação da complexidade das palavras.UNESP2018-04-25info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/940010.1590/1981-5794-1804-7ALFA: Revista de Linguística; v. 62 n. 1 (2018)1981-5794reponame:Alfa (São José do Rio Preto. Online)instname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPporenghttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/9400/7224https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/9400/7234Copyright (c) 2018 ALFA: Revista de Linguísticainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessVillalva, AlinaPinto, Carina2018-05-15T23:55:49Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/9400Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1981-5794&lng=pt&nrm=isoPUBhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpalfa@unesp.br1981-57940002-5216opendoar:2018-05-15T23:55:49Alfa (São José do Rio Preto. Online) - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Morphological Complexity and Lexical Processing Costs Complexidade morfológica e custos de processamento lexical |
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Morphological Complexity and Lexical Processing Costs |
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Morphological Complexity and Lexical Processing Costs Villalva, Alina Morphological complexity Visual processing Derivation Complexidade morfológica Processamento visual Acesso lexical Derivação |
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Morphological Complexity and Lexical Processing Costs |
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Morphological Complexity and Lexical Processing Costs |
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Morphological Complexity and Lexical Processing Costs |
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Morphological Complexity and Lexical Processing Costs |
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Morphological Complexity and Lexical Processing Costs |
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Villalva, Alina |
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Villalva, Alina Pinto, Carina |
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Pinto, Carina |
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Villalva, Alina Pinto, Carina |
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Morphological complexity Visual processing Derivation Complexidade morfológica Processamento visual Acesso lexical Derivação |
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Morphological complexity Visual processing Derivation Complexidade morfológica Processamento visual Acesso lexical Derivação |
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Although many words are formed by more than one morphological constituent, not all of them are complex words. In the framework of morphological analysis, the term ‘complex word’ usually sets apart words formed by a root, a stem index and inflectional affixes, from words formed by derivation, modification or compounding. This distinction is quite simplistic since all words display a certain degree of complexity. In the literature, there are abundant claims that morphological structure plays an important role in word processing, but the level of morphological complexity is never taken into account. In this paper, we will try to contribute to the discussion of the role of morphological structure for written word processing, namely by taking into consideration the level of morphological complexity of a particular set of Portuguese derived words. We will look at the results of a priming experiment involving a lexical decision task on three sets of derivatives in -oso: the first set is formed by compositional structures; in the second, we have included words that display an allomorph of the suffix (i.e. –oso ~ –uoso); and, in the third set, we gathered words that make use of an allomorphic base. The results of this experiment confirm that derived word processing is sensitive to the morphological structure of the word and they also show that compositional structures involve lower processing costs. Hence, these results allow us to claim that the degree of morphological complexity of complex words needs to be considered for the study of written word processing. |
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