Title :

The dynamics of morphological processing in developing readers: A cross-linguistic masked priming study

Author(s) :

Beyersmann, Elisabeth [Auteur]
Macquarie University
Mousikou, Petroula [Auteur]
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Schroeder, Sascha [Auteur]
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Javourey - Drevet, Ludivine [Auteur]
Activité, Connaissance, Transmission, éducation [ACTé]
Laboratoire de psychologie cognitive [LPC]
Ziegler, Johannes C. [Auteur]
Laboratoire de psychologie cognitive [LPC]
Grainger, Jonathan [Auteur]
Laboratoire de psychologie cognitive [LPC]

Journal title :

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Abbreviated title :

J Exp Child Psychol

Volume number :

208

Pages :

105140

Publisher :

Elsevier

Publication date :

2021-08

ISSN :

0022-0965

English keyword(s) :

Morphology
Cross-linguistic
Reading development
Embedded words

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Education

English abstract : [en]

Empirical evidence from masked priming research shows that skilled readers can rapidly identify morphological structure in written language. However, comparatively little is known about how and when this skill is acquired ...
Show more >Empirical evidence from masked priming research shows that skilled readers can rapidly identify morphological structure in written language. However, comparatively little is known about how and when this skill is acquired in children. The present work investigates the developmental trajectory of morphological processing in a two-year longitudinal study that involves two large cohorts of German and French primary school children. The masked priming paradigm was used within an experimental design that allowed us to dissociate effects of (i) non-morphological embedded word activation, (ii) morpho-orthographic decomposition, and (iii) morpho-semantics. Four priming conditions were used: affixed word (farmer-FARM), affixed nonword (farmity-FARM), non-affixed nonword (farmald-FARM), and unrelated control (workald-FARM). The results revealed robust embedded word priming effects across both languages. However, morphoorthographic and morpho-semantic effects were only evident in the French sample. These findings are discussed in the context of a theoretical framework that specifies the distinct roles played by embedded words and affixes, their distinct developmental trajectories, and how the intrinsic linguistic properties of a given language may impact on morphological processing.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille

Collections :

• Autres travaux scientifiques

Submission date :

2022-05-04T15:04:48Z
2022-07-05T11:12:17Z
2022-07-05T11:13:59Z