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Alexander Taikh1, Christina L Gagné2, Thomas Spalding2

  • 1Department of Psychology, Concordia University of Edmonton, 7128 Ada Blvd NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5B 4E4, Canada. alexander.taikh@concordia.ab.ca.

Memory & Cognition
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Summary

The principle of full decomposition explains how words are processed. This study shows that embedded pseudo-constituents in pseudo-compounds are suppressed, unlike true morphemes in compounds.

Keywords:
Compound wordsMasked primingMorphological decompositionPseudo-compound wordsTransposed letter priming effect

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