Individual differences in morphological processing: The role of morphemic knowledge in Sino-Korean suffixed word recognition
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This study examined how morphemic knowledge influences visual recognition of Sino-Koreansuffixed words. Sixty-three Korean young adults completed a masked priming lexicaldecision task including morphological, semantic, and orthographic priming conditions. Overall results revealed significant priming effects across all conditions, with themorphological priming effect much larger than semantic and orthographic effects. Moreimportantly, semantic and orthographic priming effects diminished or disappeared asmorphemic knowledge increased, while morphological priming remained larger andstable. A further group comparison revealed a significant difference in semantic primingonly; a significantly larger effect in low-knowledge group. These findings suggest thatlexical processing mainly depends on morphological decomposition focusing on themorphological cues, shifting away from semantic or orthographic cues with an increasein morphemic knowledge in individuals.
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This study examined how morphemic knowledge influences visual recognition of Sino-Koreansuffixed words. Sixty-three Korean young adults completed a masked priming lexicaldecision task including morphological, semantic, and orthographic priming conditions. Overall results revealed significant priming effects across all conditions, with themorphological priming effect much larger than semantic and orthographic effects. Moreimportantly, semantic and orthographic priming effects diminished or disappeared asmorphemic knowledge increased, while morphological priming remained larger andstable. A further group comparison revealed a significant difference in semantic primingonly; a significantly larger effect in low-knowledge group. These findings suggest thatlexical processing mainly depends on morphological decomposition focusing on themorphological cues, shifting away from semantic or orthographic cues with an increasein morphemic knowledge in individuals.