How Linearity and Structural Complexity Interact and Affect the Recognition of Italian Derived Words
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DOI: 10.1007/s10936-016-9427-1
Abstract: The majority of words in most languages consist of derived poly-morphemic words but a cross-linguistic review of the literature (Amenta and Crepaldi in Front Psychol 3:232–243, 2012) shows a contradictory picture with respect to how… read more here.
Keywords: structural complexity; derived words; complexity; linearity structural ... See more keywords
Understanding L2-derived words in context: Is complete receptive morphological knowledge necessary?
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DOI: 10.1017/s0272263123000219
Abstract: The study investigates whether comprehension of derived words in text context requires a complete understanding of word parts. It explores comprehension of derived words as a function of learner proficiency and contextual clues. Ninety English-as-a-foreign-language… read more here.
Keywords: derived words; proficiency; understanding derived; receptive morphological ... See more keywords
How Much Knowledge of Derived Words Is Needed for Reading?
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DOI: 10.1093/applin/amz051
Abstract: The study explores the usefulness of the word family as the unit of counting in studies of lexical coverage and comprehension. It determines the proportion of texts covered by the various members of a word… read more here.
Keywords: knowledge derived; derived words; words needed; word family ... See more keywords