Relative frequency effects in the light of a morphological priming study - Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie
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Relative frequency effects in the light of a morphological priming study

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The present study investigates the effect of relative surface frequency (SF) of suffixed derived primes regarding to SF of their base targets, using French materials (e.g., mariage-marier 'wedding-marry). Two morphological priming configurations were manipulated: (A) High SF primes paired with Low SF targets, i.e., using weakly decomposable primes and (B) Low SF primes paired with High SF targets, i.e., using highly decomposable primes. Priming conditions were used at three different stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs), 42 ms, 57 ms and 250 ms. Under masked priming conditions, our data revealed that in both manipulated SOAs (42 and 57 ms), High SF primes (configuration A) were much more efficient in facilitating the recognition of their lower SF targets than the reverse configuration (configuration B). These priming effects were measured relative to both orthographic (e.g., marine-marier 'navy-marry') and unrelated control conditions (e.g., courage-marier 'courage-marry'). When primes were visible (250 ms SOA), both A and B configurations showed significant morphological priming effects compared to their control conditions. Moreover, in the three SOAs, the magnitude of facilitation for High SF primes was systematically almost twice as large as that for Low SF primes. Our findings are interpreted within a word-based framework, highlighting the importance of considering both the individual word and its paradigmatic relationships, such as family and series, in understanding morphological priming effects.
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hal-04380517 , version 1 (08-01-2024)
hal-04380517 , version 2 (27-12-2024)

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  • HAL Id : hal-04380517 , version 2

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Hélène Giraudo, Serena Dal Maso, Karla Orihuela. Relative frequency effects in the light of a morphological priming study. 2024. ⟨hal-04380517v2⟩
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