TY - JOUR
T1 - The Simultaneous Effects of Inflectional Paradigms and Classes on Lexical Recognition: Evidence from Serbian
AU - Milin, Petar
AU - Moscoso del Prado Martín, Fermín
AU - Filipović Đurđević, Dušica
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In this study, we investigate the relevance of inflectional paradigms and inflectional classes for lexical processing. We provide an information-theoretical measure of the divergence in the frequency distributions of two of the paradigms to which a word simultaneously belongs: the paradigm of the stem and the more general paradigm of the nominal class in which the stem is embedded. We show that after controlling for other variables, this measure is positively correlated with response latencies and error counts in a visual lexical decision experiment in Serbian. We interpret these results as a trace of the simultaneous influence on lexical processing of both the stem and the inflectional paradigms.
AB - In this study, we investigate the relevance of inflectional paradigms and inflectional classes for lexical processing. We provide an information-theoretical measure of the divergence in the frequency distributions of two of the paradigms to which a word simultaneously belongs: the paradigm of the stem and the more general paradigm of the nominal class in which the stem is embedded. We show that after controlling for other variables, this measure is positively correlated with response latencies and error counts in a visual lexical decision experiment in Serbian. We interpret these results as a trace of the simultaneous influence on lexical processing of both the stem and the inflectional paradigms.
M3 - Article
SN - 0749-596X
VL - 60
SP - 50
EP - 64
JO - Journal of Memory and Language
JF - Journal of Memory and Language
IS - 1
ER -