Frequency effects in the processing of Italian nominal compounds: Modulation of headedness and semantic transparency

► Constituent frequency effects in Italian compound processing are investigated. ► The modulation of headedness and semantic transparency is studied. ► Frequency effects are mainly facilitatory for transparent and head-final compounds. ► Consistent effects on lexical decision latencies and fixation...

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Published in:Journal of memory and language 2012-05, Vol.66 (4), p.644-664
Main Authors: Marelli, Marco, Luzzatti, Claudio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Compound headedness
Compound Words
Conceptual combination
Constituents
Experiments
Eye Movements
Eye tracking
Eye-movements in reading
Fixation
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Italian
Italian language
Language
Language Processing
Lexical access
Lexical Choice
Lexical decision
Lexical decision task
Meaning
Production and perception of written language
Property
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Semantic Processing
Semantic transparency
Semantics
Semiotics
Sentences
Tracking
Transparency
Word Frequency
Word frequency effect
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