Pauline Quémart|Séverine Casalis|Pascale Colé
The role of form and meaning in the processing of written morphology: A priming study in French developing readers
University of Lille Nord de France|University of Lille Nord de France|Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive
three visual priming experiments using three different prime durations 60 ms experiment 1 250 ms experiment 2 800 ms experiment 3 conducted examine properties morphemes form andor meaning drive developing readers processing written morphology french third fifth seventh graders adults latter control group performed lexical decision tasks targets preceded morphological eg tablettetable little tabletable pseudoderived eg baguettebague little stickring orthographic control eg abricotabri apricotshelter semantic control eg tulipefleur tulipflower primes across groups different patterns priming observed morphological orthographicsemantic control conditions suggesting process morphemes units reading developing readers processing written morphology triggered form properties morphemes semantic properties activated later time course word recognition adults patterns priming similar except activation form properties morphemes decreased earlier time course word recognition taken together findings indicate french developing readers process form meaning properties morphemes reading support progressive quantitative change development morphological processing course reading development