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The effect of semantic transparency on lexical decisions of compound nouns

The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
2004, v.16 no.1, pp.44-60

(2004). The effect of semantic transparency on lexical decisions of compound nouns. The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, 16(1), 44-60.

Abstract

This study was planned to examine whether compound nouns were interpreted by decomposing them into their constituents or accessing to their lexical representation in mental lexicon. In Experiment 1, whether the morphological decomposition was necessary in the interpretation of a compound noun was investigated by presenting modifier-related, head-related, or compound-related associates as primes to T-T, T-O, O-T, or O-O compound nouns. Positive priming effects by compound-related associates were found in all semantic transparency conditions, but inconsistent results were found in the conditions modifier-related associates or head-related associates were presented as primes. It implied that a compound noun was interpreted by accessing to its lexical representation directly in mental lexicon rather than decomposing it into its constituents. In Experiment 2, Inducing compound nouns to be decomposed by inserting an empty space between modifier and head, it was investigated whether patterns of priming effect observed in experiment 1 and experiment 2 were alike or not. If compound nouns had been interpreted by decomposing them into their constituents in experiment 1, patterns of priming effects observed in experiment 1 and 2 would have been similar. Similar patterns of priming effect were found only in the T-T condition, and the direction and amount of priming effects depended on semantic compatibility between compound nouns and their constituents in the other conditions. Therefore, it seems valid conclusion that commonly-used compound nouns have their independent lexical representations in mental lexicon irrespective of their semantic transparency levels, and they are interpreted by accessing directly to their lexical representations in mental lexicon.

keywords
compound noun, lexical decision, semantic transparency, morphological decomposition, lexical representation, 복합명사, 어휘판단, 의미 투명도, 형태론적 분리, 어휘 표상, compound noun, lexical decision, semantic transparency, morphological decomposition, lexical representation

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