The role of stem frequency in morphological processing

• Main Authors: Giraudo, Hélène, Dal Maso, Serena, Piccinin, Sabrina
• Format: Online
• Language: English
• Published: Mediterranean Morphology Meetings (MMM) 2016
• Subjects: 0; computational morphology; paradigms; inflection; derivation; Levenshtein distance; morphological processing; stem frequency; Italian; masked priming; compound formation; morphological productivity; productivity measures; corpus-based statistical methods; suspended affixation; Lexical Integrity Hypothesis; derivational suffixes; coordination; roots; Hebrew; Spanish; cross-linguistic; motion events; typological change; Latin linguistics; sytem; usage; compounding; Italian; overabundance; number inflection; reciprocals; reflexives; templates; Hebrew; collective and distributive; root; features; morphology; periphrasis

The aim of the present research is to investigate frequency effects in morphological processing and to provide insights into the role of the stem in lexical access. To this aim we conducted a masked priming experiment associated with a lexical decision task (Forster and Davis 1984) focused on Italia...