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Dave Kush^1,2, Brian Dillon³, Ragnhild Eik⁴

¹Department of Language and Literature, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. dave.kush@ntnu.no.

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Summary

This study on Norwegian complex verbs found that both whole-word frequency and root family frequency independently influence reading times. These findings support hybrid models of how we process morphologically complex words.

Keywords:

Complex verbs Compounds Eyetracking Morphological decomposition Norwegian

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Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Science
Linguistics

Background:

Investigating the lexical decomposition of morphologically complex words is crucial for understanding word processing.
Norwegian complex verbs, formed by a prepositional prefix and a verbal root, offer a unique case study.

Purpose of the Study:

To determine how Norwegian complex verbs are processed in terms of lexical decomposition.
To examine the predictive power of whole-word frequency versus root family frequency on reading time measures.

Main Methods:

An eyetracking-while-reading experiment was conducted with Norwegian complex verbs.
Reading time metrics, including first-fixation duration, were analyzed in relation to word frequencies.

Main Results:

Both whole-word frequency and root family frequency independently predicted first-fixation durations.
Subsequent reading time measures were influenced by either whole-word frequency, root family frequency, or a combination of both.

Conclusions:

The findings support hybrid models of lexical representation for complex verbs.
Complex verbs appear to have both an atomic (whole-word) representation and connections to their constituent morphemes.