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Morphological priming in bilingualism research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2017

GUNNAR JACOB
GUNNAR JACOB*
Affiliation:
Potsdam Research Institute for Multilingualism, University of Potsdam Potsdam, Germany
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Address for correspondence: Gunnar Jacob, University of Potsdam, Haus 2, Campus Golm, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476Potsdam, Germanygujacob@uni-potsdam.de
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Abstract

The review describes how morphological priming can be utilised to study the processing of morphologically complex words in bilinguals. The article starts with an overview of established experimental paradigms based on morphological priming, discusses a number of basic methodological pitfalls with regard to experimental design and materials, then reviews previous L2 morphological priming studies, and concludes with a brief discussion of recent developments in the field as well as possible future directions.

Keywords

L2 processingmorphologydecompositionmorphological priming
Type
Review Article
Information
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , May 2018 , pp. 443 - 447
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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Footnotes

*The research reported in this manuscript was supported by a Humboldt professorship grant to Harald Clahsen and the Potsdam Research Institute for Multilingualism.

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