Beyond decomposition: Processing zero-derivations in English visual word recognition

Four experiments investigate the effects of covert morphological complexity during visual word recognition. Zero-derivations occur in English in which a change of word class occurs without any change in surface form (e.g., a boat-to boat; to soak-a soak). Boat is object-derived and is a basic noun (...

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Main Authors: Wheeldon, L, Schuster, S, Pliatsikas, C, Malpass, D, Lahiri, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018