We analyzed the performance of a patient (M.B.) affected by agrammatism and phonological dyslexia. M.B. was tested with a series of tasks requiring lexical retrieval of simple and morphologically complex words. The patient presented a pattern of errors that is interpreted as the result of the prominent use of the lexical routine. This pattern of errors was characterized by frequency effect more than by a difference between types of suffixes (inflectional versus derivational) or types of word. It seems that high-frequency morphologically complex items will meet stored representations, thus avoiding more costly parsing that is required for less frequent items. These results are in keeping with dual-route models of lexical representation of morphologically complex words.
Luzzatti, C., Mondini, S., & Semenza, C. (1999). Storage or parsing of morphologically complex words? The processing of inflectional and derivational morphology in an Italian agrammatic patient. BRAIN AND COGNITION, 40, 183-185.
Citazione: | Luzzatti, C., Mondini, S., & Semenza, C. (1999). Storage or parsing of morphologically complex words? The processing of inflectional and derivational morphology in an Italian agrammatic patient. BRAIN AND COGNITION, 40, 183-185. | |
Tipo: | Abstract in rivista | |
Carattere della pubblicazione: | Scientifica | |
Titolo: | Storage or parsing of morphologically complex words? The processing of inflectional and derivational morphology in an Italian agrammatic patient | |
Autori: | Luzzatti, C; Mondini, S; Semenza, C | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 1999 | |
Lingua: | English | |
Rivista: | BRAIN AND COGNITION | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su rivista |