The effects of base frequency and affix productivity in spanish

  1. Lázaro López-Villaseñor, Miguel 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
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    Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

    Ciudad Real, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05r78ng12

Aldizkaria:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Argitalpen urtea: 2012

Alea: 15

Zenbakia: 2

Orrialdeak: 505-512

Mota: Artikulua

DOI: 10.5209/REV_SJOP.2012.V15.N2.38861 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openSarbide irekia editor

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In this study we present the results of a lexical decision experiment where the variables manipulated are Base frequency and Affix productivity. The results show significant main effects for both variables for the first time in Spanish, as well as for the interaction between the two. However, pair analysis shows that the Base Frequency effect is not significant when the Affix Productivity is low, while the Affix Productivity effect is produced regardless of the Base Frequency. The results for the main effects show a morphological representation in the lexicon, whilst the results of pair comparisons suggest a different representation of stems and affixes in the lexicon. These results support the idea that complex words incorporating unproductive affixes are processed differently from words incorporating productive affixes. The results are finally explained in terms of a hierarchical model of morphological processing.

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