Visual word recognition of morphologically complex words: effects of prime word and root frequency
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The present study aims to investigate the relative role of the surface frequencies (i.e., token frequencies) in base word recognition. A masked priming experiment was carried using two types of suffixed French primes: the effects of words having a surface frequency (SF) higher than their base (e.g., cigarette – cigare) were compared with those produced by word primes having a SF lower than their base (e.g., froideur-froid ‘coldnesscold’). Results show that HighSF are more efficient primes than LowSF relative to both orthographic and unrelated priming baselines. This suggests that despite a highly salient base, whole words matter more than morphemes during the early processes of lexical access.
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