Morphological Aspects of Language Processing

Feldman, L. B.

ISBN 10: 0805813586 / ISBN 13: 9780805813586

Editore: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1995

Riguardo questo articolo

This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:9780805813586.

Codice articolo 9967524

Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Morphological Aspects of Language Processing
• Editore: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0805813586
• ISBN 13: 9780805813586
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: Fair
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Language & Linguistics

Descrizione articolo

Riassunto

It is now well established that phonological -- and orthographic -- codes play a crucial role in the recognition of isolated words and in understanding the sequences of words that comprise a sentence. However, words and sentences are organized with respect to morphological as well as phonological components. It is thus unfortunate that the morpheme has received relatively little attention in the experimental literature, either from psychologists or linguists. Due to recent methodological developments, however, now is an opportune time to address morphological issues.

In the experimental literature, there is a tendency to examine various psycholinguistic processes in English and then to assume that the account given applies with equal significance to English and to other languages. Written languages differ, however, in the extent to which they capture phonological as contrasted with morphological units. Moreover, with respect to the morpheme, languages differ in the principle by which morphemes are connected to form new words.

This volume focuses on morphological processes in word recognition and reading with an eye toward comparing morphological processes with orthographic and phonological processes. Cross-language comparisons are examined as a tool with which to probe universal linguistic processes, and a variety of research methodologies are described. Because it makes the experimental literature in languages other than English more accessible, this book is expected to be of interest to many readers. It also directs attention to the subject of language processing in general -- an issue which is of central interest to cognitive psychologists and linguists as well as educators and clinicians.

Informazioni sull?autore

Laurie Beth Feldman