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Categorical Properties of Italian Verbs in Written Word Recognition
De Martino, Maria
Laudanna, Alessandro
2014
Abstract
The study addresses the issue of lexical representation of
inflected Italian verbal forms. Linguistic and experimental
data suggest the existence of differences in lexical processing
of verbs depending on morphological factors. We aimed at
verifying whether lexical organization of verbs in the mental
lexicon is affected by information about the grammatical
category of mood. Two unmasked priming lexical decision
experiments were carried out with different SOAs. Primetarget
pairs composed of inflected verbs sharing or not mood
information were compared. A number of control conditions
were also included. The results show that information about
mood becomes available in the early stages of lexical
processing of verbs, but it is likely to induce priming effects a
few hundred milliseconds after its pre-activation. This pattern
provides evidence that mood is represented in the input
component(s) and is an organizational criterion for verbal
forms in the lexicon.
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Maria de Martino, Alessandro Laudanna, "Categorical Properties of Italian Verbs in Written Word Recognition" in: Paolo Bernardis, Carlo Fantoni, Walter Gerbino (eds.) "TSPC2014. Proceedings of the Trieste Symposium on Perception and Cognition, November 27-28", Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2014, pp. 106-107.
Languages
en
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