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Lexical Representations of Written Nouns and Verbs in Italian
- Source :
- Brain and Language. 81:250-263
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2002.
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Abstract
- This study investigates the differences in the input representations of verbs and nouns in the Italian mental lexicon. One visual lexical decision experiment in which the stem homograph effect (Laudanna, Badecker, and Caramazza, 1989) was evaluated on noun and verb targets is reported. Strong inhibitory effects on verb targets preceded by stem homographs relative to nonhomographic word pairs were found. The effects on verb targets were also much more reliable than the effects on noun targets. The pattern of results provides support for the hypothesis that noun and verbs are differently represented in the orthographic input lexicon.
- Subjects :
- Homograph
Linguistics and Language
Psycholinguistics
Mental lexicon
Cognitive Neuroscience
Decision Making
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Verb
Modal verb
Lexicon
Vocabulary
Language and Linguistics
Linguistics
Semantics
Speech and Hearing
Cognition
Noun
Inflection
Reaction Time
Visual Perception
Humans
Proper noun
Psychology
Language
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0093934X
- Volume :
- 81
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Brain and Language
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....60a79047302495a6fa717d21d419a798