Native speakers like affixes, L2 speakers like letters?
- In an overt visual priming experiment, we investigate the role of orthography in native (L1) and non-native (L2) processing of German morphologically complex words. We compare priming effects for inflected and derived morphologically related prime-target pairs versus otherwise matched, purely orthographically related pairs. The results show morphological priming effects in both the L1 and L2 group, with no significant difference between inflection and derivation. However, L2 speakers, but not L1 speakers, also showed significant priming for orthographically related pairs. Our results support the claim that L2 speakers focus more on surface-level information such as orthography during visual word recognition. This can cause orthographic priming effects in morphologically related prime-target pairs, which may conceal L1-L2 differences in morphological processing.
Author details: | Laura Anna CiaccioORCiD, Jacob Gunnar |
---|---|
URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-444617 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-44461 |
ISSN: | 1866-8380 |
Title of parent work (German): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe |
Subtitle (English): | An overt visual priming study investigating the role of orthography in L2 morphological processing |
Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe (169) |
Publication type: | Postprint |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2020/02/20 |
Publication year: | 2019 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2020/02/20 |
Issue: | 169 |
Number of pages: | 22 |
Source: | PLoS ONE 14 (2019) 12, e0226482 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226482 |
Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät |
DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 50 Naturwissenschaften / 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik |
6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit | |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access |
License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
External remark: | Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle |