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The suffixing preference : a processim explanation
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Cutler, Anne Gilligan, Gary |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Abstract | Cross-linguistic studies o f morphology have demonstrated that there is an asymmetry in the type o f affixation preferred: languages which would be predicted on independent structural grounds to prefer suffixes to prefixes do so, but languages which would be predicted to prefer prefixes to suffixes also show a tendency toward suffixation. In other words, independently o f other structural considerations there is an overall preference fo r suffix morpho logy. It is argued here that this preference results from the way language is processed by its users. Two lines o f psycholinguistic evidence are drawn upon: (1) word onsets are more psychologically salient than other parts o f the word: (2) stems and affixes are processed separately. In the light o f these considerations it is argued that language users prefer to process stems before affixes, and fo r this reason languages prefer to order stems before affixes. Thus the linguistic and psycholinguistic evidence combine to suggest an explanation which has implications both fo r language typology and for the structure o f psychological models o f language processing. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://repository.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/handle/2066/15623/6028.pdf?sequence=1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://repository.ubn.ru.nl//bitstream/handle/2066/15623/6028.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
