Prefix Stripping Re-Re-Revisited: MEG Investigations of Morphological Decomposition and Recomposition
We revisit a long-standing question in the psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic literature on comprehending morphologically complex words: are prefixes and suffixes processed using the same cognitive mechanisms? Recent work using Magnetoencephalography (MEG) to uncover the dynamic temporal and spati...
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doaj-a824549b8647461da2014beae383badf2020-11-24T21:27:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-09-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.01964455621Prefix Stripping Re-Re-Revisited: MEG Investigations of Morphological Decomposition and RecompositionLinnaea Stockall0Christina Manouilidou1Laura Gwilliams2Laura Gwilliams3Kyriaki Neophytou4Kyriaki Neophytou5Alec Marantz6Alec Marantz7Alec Marantz8Department of Linguistics, Queen Mary University of London, London, United KingdomDepartment of Comparative and General Linguistics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SloveniaDepartment of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, United StatesNew York University Abu Dhabi Institute, New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesNew York University Abu Dhabi Institute, New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United StatesDepartment of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, United StatesNew York University Abu Dhabi Institute, New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Linguistics, New York University, New York, NY, United StatesWe revisit a long-standing question in the psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic literature on comprehending morphologically complex words: are prefixes and suffixes processed using the same cognitive mechanisms? Recent work using Magnetoencephalography (MEG) to uncover the dynamic temporal and spatial responses evoked by visually presented complex suffixed single words provide us with a comprehensive picture of morphological processing in the brain, from early, form-based decomposition, through lexical access, grammatically constrained recomposition, and semantic interpretation. In the present study, we find that MEG responses to prefixed words reveal interesting early differences in the lateralization of the form-based decomposition response compared to the effects reported in the literature for suffixed words, but a very similar post-decomposition profile. These results not only address a question stretching back to the earliest days of modern psycholinguistics, but also add critical support and nuance to our much newer emerging understanding of spatial organization and temporal dynamics of morphological processing in the human brain.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01964/fullmorphological processinglexical accessmorphological recompositionmorphological decompositionmagnetoencephalographyderivational morphology |
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Linnaea Stockall Christina Manouilidou Laura Gwilliams Laura Gwilliams Kyriaki Neophytou Kyriaki Neophytou Alec Marantz Alec Marantz Alec Marantz Prefix Stripping Re-Re-Revisited: MEG Investigations of Morphological Decomposition and Recomposition Frontiers in Psychology morphological processing lexical access morphological recomposition morphological decomposition magnetoencephalography derivational morphology |
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Linnaea Stockall Christina Manouilidou Laura Gwilliams Laura Gwilliams Kyriaki Neophytou Kyriaki Neophytou Alec Marantz Alec Marantz Alec Marantz |
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Prefix Stripping Re-Re-Revisited: MEG Investigations of Morphological Decomposition and Recomposition |
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Prefix Stripping Re-Re-Revisited: MEG Investigations of Morphological Decomposition and Recomposition |
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prefix stripping re-re-revisited: meg investigations of morphological decomposition and recomposition |
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We revisit a long-standing question in the psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic literature on comprehending morphologically complex words: are prefixes and suffixes processed using the same cognitive mechanisms? Recent work using Magnetoencephalography (MEG) to uncover the dynamic temporal and spatial responses evoked by visually presented complex suffixed single words provide us with a comprehensive picture of morphological processing in the brain, from early, form-based decomposition, through lexical access, grammatically constrained recomposition, and semantic interpretation. In the present study, we find that MEG responses to prefixed words reveal interesting early differences in the lateralization of the form-based decomposition response compared to the effects reported in the literature for suffixed words, but a very similar post-decomposition profile. These results not only address a question stretching back to the earliest days of modern psycholinguistics, but also add critical support and nuance to our much newer emerging understanding of spatial organization and temporal dynamics of morphological processing in the human brain. |
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morphological processing lexical access morphological recomposition morphological decomposition magnetoencephalography derivational morphology |
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