The role of form and meaning in the processing of written morphology: A priming study in French developing readers

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 478-496

  Quémart, Pauline ^a   Casalis, Séverine ^a   Colé, Pascale ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Lexical decision; Morphology; Pseudoderivation; Reading development; Semantics; Visual priming

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955470760     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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