The present study employs neglect dyslexia as an experimental model to study compound-word processing; in particular, it investigates whether compound constituents are hierarchically organized at mental level and addresses the possibility of whole-word representation. Seven Italian-speaking patients suffering from neglect dyslexia participated in a word naming task. Both left-headed (pescespada, swordfish) and right-headed (astronave, spaceship) Italian compound nouns were used as stimuli. Non-existent compounds, which were generated by substituting the leftmost constituent of a compound with an orthographically similar word (e.g., *pestespada, *plaguesword), were also employed. A significant headedness effect emerged in the group analysis: patients read left-headed compounds better than right-headed compounds. A significant lexicality effect was also found: the participants read real compounds better than their non-existent compound pairs. Moreover, logit mixed-effects analyses indicated a left-hand constituent frequency effect. Results are discussed in terms of hierarchical representation of compounds and direct access to compound lemma nodes.
Marelli, M., Aggujaro, S., Molteni, F., & Luzzatti, C.G. (2013). Understanding the mental lexicon through neglect dyslexia: a study on compound noun reading. NEUROCASE, 19, 128-144 [10.1080/13554794.2011.654222].
Citazione: | Marelli, M., Aggujaro, S., Molteni, F., & Luzzatti, C.G. (2013). Understanding the mental lexicon through neglect dyslexia: a study on compound noun reading. NEUROCASE, 19, 128-144 [10.1080/13554794.2011.654222]. | |
Tipo: | Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico | |
Carattere della pubblicazione: | Scientifica | |
Presenza di un coautore afferente ad Istituzioni straniere: | No | |
Titolo: | Understanding the mental lexicon through neglect dyslexia: a study on compound noun reading | |
Autori: | Marelli, M; Aggujaro, S; Molteni, F; Luzzatti, CG | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2013 | |
Lingua: | English | |
Rivista: | NEUROCASE | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2011.654222 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su rivista |