Asymmetries in the Stem and Suffix Masked Priming Response in a Large-scale Online Study
Models of visual word processing incorporate morphological decomposition as a step in the recognition process, but they vary as to when this step happens, and what kind of information is used in it. In particular, the affix stripping model proposes that words are accessed through their stems, after...
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Models of visual word processing incorporate morphological decomposition as a step in the recognition process, but they vary as to when this step happens, and what kind of information is used in it. In particular, the affix stripping model proposes that words are accessed through their stems, after affixes are automatically stripped off. This dichotomy between stems and affixes seems to be mirrored in masked priming. Masked stem priming is quite robust and comparable to masked repetition priming, whereas masked affix priming is often null, or very small. However, the literature on masked affix priming is much smaller than the one on masked stem priming. This study investigates the stem vs suffix asymmetry in masked priming by running an online experiment with a large sample size (N=161) to ensure higher statistical power. For comparison and validation, the same experiment was also conducted in a standard lab setting. In addition, we ran a follow-up experiment with two additional suffix priming conditions with an even larger sample size (N=400) to assess the influence of orthographic and strategic confounds. The three experiments show significant stem priming, but null or very small suffix priming, thus supporting the asymmetry between stem activation and affix stripping.
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ac3e8595b444ca38a27385b75c4b73d2023-09-30T14:34:19ZengFirenze University PressQuaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali2421-72202023-09-019Asymmetries in the Stem and Suffix Masked Priming Response in a Large-scale Online StudyRoberto Petrosino0Jon Sprouse1Diogo Almeida2New York University Abu DhabiNew York University Abu DhabiNew York University Abu Dhabi Models of visual word processing incorporate morphological decomposition as a step in the recognition process, but they vary as to when this step happens, and what kind of information is used in it. In particular, the affix stripping model proposes that words are accessed through their stems, after affixes are automatically stripped off. This dichotomy between stems and affixes seems to be mirrored in masked priming. Masked stem priming is quite robust and comparable to masked repetition priming, whereas masked affix priming is often null, or very small. However, the literature on masked affix priming is much smaller than the one on masked stem priming. This study investigates the stem vs suffix asymmetry in masked priming by running an online experiment with a large sample size (N=161) to ensure higher statistical power. For comparison and validation, the same experiment was also conducted in a standard lab setting. In addition, we ran a follow-up experiment with two additional suffix priming conditions with an even larger sample size (N=400) to assess the influence of orthographic and strategic confounds. The three experiments show significant stem priming, but null or very small suffix priming, thus supporting the asymmetry between stem activation and affix stripping. https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-qulso/article/view/15154Affix StrippingLexical AccessMorphological DecompositionSuffix PrimingVisual Word Processing |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Petrosino Jon Sprouse Diogo Almeida Asymmetries in the Stem and Suffix Masked Priming Response in a Large-scale Online Study Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali Affix Stripping Lexical Access Morphological Decomposition Suffix Priming Visual Word Processing |
| title | Asymmetries in the Stem and Suffix Masked Priming Response in a Large-scale Online Study |
| title_full | Asymmetries in the Stem and Suffix Masked Priming Response in a Large-scale Online Study |
| title_fullStr | Asymmetries in the Stem and Suffix Masked Priming Response in a Large-scale Online Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Asymmetries in the Stem and Suffix Masked Priming Response in a Large-scale Online Study |
| title_short | Asymmetries in the Stem and Suffix Masked Priming Response in a Large-scale Online Study |
| title_sort | asymmetries in the stem and suffix masked priming response in a large scale online study |
| topic | Affix Stripping Lexical Access Morphological Decomposition Suffix Priming Visual Word Processing |
| url | https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-qulso/article/view/15154 |
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