Morphological analysis by child readers as revealed by the fragment completion task |
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Authors: | Feldman Laurie B Rueckl Jay DiLiberto Kristen Pastizzo Matthew Vellutino Frank R |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratories, 270 Crown Street, 06511 New Haven, CT;(2) Child Research and Study Center, SUNY Albany, Husted 134, 12222 Albany, NY;(3) University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut;(4) Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia |
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Abstract: | Ten-year-old children performed a fragment completion task. Target fragments (e.g., T_ _N) were preceded by four types of study conditions. The identity condition consisted of the target (TURN). Themorphological condition included a related form (TURNED). The orthographic condition consisted of morphologically unrelated words (e.g., TURNIP). Finally, no similar word was presented in the study phase of the no-prime condition. Morphological relatives included orthographically transparent (TURNED-TURN) and orthographically opaque (RIDDEN-RIDE) forms. The results indicated that performance of child readers on the fragment completion task was sensitive to morphological relationships. Completion rates following opaque, as well as transparent, morphological relatives were significantly greater than those following orthographically similar forms. In sum, the fragment completion task provides a viable new tool for examining morphological processing in children and for differentiating morphological effects from effects of similar form. |
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