Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Lexical decision task in an event-related potential experiment was used in order to determine the organization of mental lexicon regarding the polimorphemic words: are they stored as unanalyzable items or as separate morphemes? The results indicate the later: while monomorphemic words elicit N400 component, usually related to lexical-semantic processing, prefixed words and prefixed pseudo-words elicit left anterior negativity (LAN), usually related to grammatical (morphosyntactic) processes. These components indicate that the speakers apply grammatical (i.e., word-formation) rules and combine morphemes in order to obtain lexical meaning of the prefixed word.
Source: PubMed
Authors: Hrvoje Silovski, Damir Buković, Tajana Silovski, Zeljko Jelincić, Mate Majerović, Branko Malojcić
Institutions: University Hospital Centre Zagreb, University of Zagreb
Language: English
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2168975038