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Processing discontinuous words: on the interface between lexical and syntactic processing

L Frazier1, G B Flores d'Arcais, R Coolen

  • 1Linguistics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003.

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|June 1, 1993
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This study investigates how discontinuous words are processed in Dutch, supporting the morphological integration (MI) model. Findings suggest distinct lexical/morphological and syntactic systems handle word processing.

Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • The processing of discontinuous words, such as Dutch verbs with separable prefixes, remains a key question in psycholinguistics.
  • Schreuder's (1990) morphological integration (MI) model proposes specialized nodes for representing complex words.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the validity of the MI model during sentence processing in Dutch.
  • To investigate the interaction between lexical/morphological and syntactic processing subsystems.
  • To explore the representation of frequently encountered linguistic expressions in the lexicon.

Main Methods:

  • An ungrammaticality judgment task was employed to evaluate sentence processing in Dutch.
  • The study focused on testing predictions derived from Schreuder's MI model.

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Main Results:

  • Results provided empirical support for the predictions of the MI model.
  • Evidence emerged for distinct lexical/morphological and syntactic processing subsystems.
  • The findings indicate that discontinuous word identification can be explained by the inherent characteristics of these subsystems.

Conclusions:

  • The MI model offers a robust framework for understanding the processing of complex words, including discontinuous ones.
  • No special principles are required for the interaction between lexical/morphological and syntactic processing.
  • The study suggests frequently encountered expressions are stored in the lexicon as access or MI nodes.