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The dynamics of morphological processing in developing readers: A cross-linguistic masked priming study.

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Summary

Children develop morphological processing skills over time. While embedded word activation is common in both German and French, complex morphological processing like morpho-orthographic and morpho-semantic effects appear language-specific in early development.

Keywords:

Cross-linguistic Embedded words Morphology Reading development

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Area of Science:

Developmental Psychology
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Science

Background:

Skilled readers process morphological structure rapidly.
Acquisition of morphological processing in children is not well understood.
Morphological processing involves understanding word parts and their meanings.

Purpose of the Study:

Investigate the developmental trajectory of morphological processing in primary school children.
Examine how children process morphological structure in German and French.
Differentiate between nonmorphological word activation, morpho-orthographic decomposition, and morpho-semantics.

Main Methods:

Longitudinal study over 2 years with German and French cohorts.
Masked priming paradigm to assess morphological processing.
Four priming conditions: affixed word, affixed nonword, nonaffixed nonword, and unrelated control.

Main Results:

Robust embedded word priming effects observed in both German and French children.
Morpho-orthographic and morpho-semantic priming effects were significant only in the French sample.
Evidence suggests language-specific factors influence the development of morphological processing.

Conclusions:

Children's morphological processing skills develop over time.
Embedded word activation is a foundational skill, while complex morphological analysis may be language-dependent.
Linguistic properties of a language significantly impact the development of morphological processing.