MorphoLex: A derivational morphological database for 70,000 English words

• Published in: Behavior research methods Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 1568 - 1580
• Main Authors: Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Claudia H., Mailhot, Hugo, Deacon, S. Hélène, Wilson, Maximiliano A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Behavioral Science and Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Information processing; Morphology; Psychology; Regression analysis; Word processing; Psycholinguistic variables; Database; Morphology; Lexical decision; Visual word recognition

Most of the new words a reader will find are morphologically complex. Also, theoretical models of language processing propose that morphology plays an important role in visual word processing. Nevertheless, studies on the subject show contradicting results that are difficult to reconcile. One factor...