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The effect of phonological and morphological overlap on the processing of Bengali words

Abstract:: In normal language processing, we are continuously analyzing the form and structure of incoming speech signals in order to understand their meaning. At the same time, we unavoidably encounter situations in which words are contained within other words (e.g. ham in hammer). Since morphologically-related words often have a certain amount of phonological overlap, it is essential to understand the relevance of this overlap while investigating morphological processing. The current study provides a psycholinguistic investigation of the processing consequences of Bengali words overlapping in form both with and without being morphologically related. Overall, form-related items elicited significantly less priming than morphologically-related items. Form-related items differing in length by a single segment did not prime one another, while morphologically-related items did. However, form-related items matched in length but differing in a single segment did prime, indicating that relationships between formrelated words are not always straightforward.

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Wynne, H. S. Z., Kotzor, S., Zhou, B., & Lahiri, A. (2020). The effect of phonological and morphological overlap on the processing of Bengali words. Journal of South Asian Linguistics, 11(2), 25–51.

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Wynne, H. SZ, et al. “The Effect of Phonological and Morphological Overlap on the Processing of Bengali Words.” Journal of South Asian Linguistics, vol. 11, no. 2, CSLI Online Publications, 2020, pp. 25–51.

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Wynne, HSZ, S Kotzor, B Zhou, and A Lahiri. 2020. “The Effect of Phonological and Morphological Overlap on the Processing of Bengali Words.” Journal of South Asian Linguistics 11 (2): 25–51.
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+ Wynne, HSZ More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: HUMS
Department:: Linguistics Philology and Phonetics Faculty
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+ Kotzor, S More by this author

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+ Zhou, B More by this author

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+ Lahiri, A More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: HUMS
Department:: Linguistics Philology and Phonetics Faculty
Role:: Author
ORCID:: 0000-0002-0033-9106

+ European Commission More from this funder

Grant:: 695481

+ European Research Council More from this funder

Publisher:: CSLI Online Publications
Journal:: Journal of South Asian Linguistics More from this journal
Volume:: 11
Issue:: 2
Pages:: 25-51
Publication date:: 2020-08-17
Acceptance date:: 2020-07-13

Language:: English
Keywords:: FFR
Pubs id:: 1120679
Local pid:: pubs:1120679
Deposit date:: 2020-08-18

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Copyright holder:: CSLI Publications.
Copyright date:: 2020
Rights statement:: © 2020, CSLI. This is an open access article under a Creative Commons license.

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