ConSOLE 32 2024 • Queen Mary University of London

Processing of pseudo-affixes in words and non-words - A study on Bangla prefixes

Basita Biswas, Moumita Mukherjee

Jadavpur University, Kolkata

The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad

biswasbasita@gmail.com
Bangla prefixesMorphological decompositionLexical decision task

Abstract

This study investigates the performance of speakers on a primed lexical decision task with prefixed and pseudo-prefixed Bangla words and non-words. Analysis of the reaction times (RTs) shows that target words that share prefixes with their primes are identified the quickest, while pseudo-prefixed target words with prefixed prime words take the longest to identify. The intent of this paper is to examine whether roots and affixes are stored separately in the mental lexicon and accessed separately during word recognition. The results observed in this experiment support the hypothesis of morphological decomposition prior to lexical access.

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APA Style

Basita Biswas, Moumita Mukherjee (2024). processing of pseudo-affixes in words and non-words - a study on bangla prefixes. In Proceedings of ConSOLE 32, edited by Federica Longo, Leonardo Russo Cardona, Tommaso Sgrizzi, Atefeh Shahbazi, Hadis Tamleh, (pp. 261-272).

BibTeX

@inproceedings{biswasmukherjee-lexicaldecisiontask-2024, title={Processing of pseudo-affixes in words and non-words - A study on Bangla prefixes}, author={Basita Biswas and Moumita Mukherjee}, booktitle={Proceedings of ConSOLE 32}, year={2024}, pages={261-272}, editor={Federica Longo and Leonardo Russo Cardona and Tommaso Sgrizzi and Atefeh Shahbazi and Hadis Tamleh} }

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