Prefixes as Access Units in Visual Word Recognition: A Comparison of Italian and Dutch Data

Compares morphological processing of skilled and less skilled Dutch readers. Focuses on the role of prefixes as access units in visual word recognition. Finds evidence for differential use of prefix information in undergraduate students and elementary school children. Concludes that the information...

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Published in:Reading & writing 2000-06, Vol.12 (3-4), p.149-168
Main Authors: Assink, Egbert M. H, Vooijs, Caroline, Knuijt, Paul P. N. A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Comparative Analysis
Comparative linguistics
Dutch
Dutch language
Elementary Education
Elementary School Students
Elementary Schools
Higher Education
Italian language
Lexical decision task
Morphemes
Morphological processing
Phonetics
Prefixes
Prefixes (Grammar)
Psychology
Reading Ability
Reading Skills
Spelling
Suffixes
Word meaning
Word Recognition
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Summary:Compares morphological processing of skilled and less skilled Dutch readers. Focuses on the role of prefixes as access units in visual word recognition. Finds evidence for differential use of prefix information in undergraduate students and elementary school children. Concludes that the information accessed by prefixes is semantically combined with the subsequent word stem (root). (SC)
ISSN:0922-4777
1573-0905
DOI:10.1023/A:1008179825696