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Stem Homographs and Lemma Level Representations
- Source :
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Brain & Language . Apr2002, Vol. 81 Issue 1-3, p79-88. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Previous studies have found that priming a target like cerr-o (“hill”) with an unmasked stem-homograph (e.g., cerr-ar, “to close”) or with an unmasked allomorph of a stem-homograph (e.g., cierr-a, “he/she/it closes”) has an inhibitory effect on target recognition. We report evidence from stem-homograph priming studies that implicate both morphological parsing and lexical selection processes at the lemma level. We argue that stem-homograph inhibition is the product of lexical selection mechanisms that are engaged just when a fully ambiguous stimulus (here, an inflectional stem) must be assigned one of its viable interpretations in order to afford conscious perception of lexical identity. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0093934X
- Volume :
- 81
- Issue :
- 1-3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Brain & Language
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8506148
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1006/brln.2001.2508