One of the central questions in psycholinguistics is how complex words are processed in the human mind. German ver-Verbs: Internal Word Structure and Lexical Processing explores the visual word recognition of German ver-verbs. Superficially, ver-verbs are uniform: they all begin with the sequence ver-. However, their internal structure is heterogeneous. Based on the results of various experimental designs, this book shows that the internal structure of ver-verbs is of paramount importance to their processing. Thus, the human mind employs different strategies for the processing of different types of complex words. This book is a useful companion for German, morphology, and psycholinguistics courses.
| ISBN: | 9780820486635 |
| Publication date: | 13th November 2006 |
| Author: | Matthias Klaus Schirmeier |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 169 pages |
| Series: | Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics |
| Genres: |
Sociolinguistics Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics Language learning: speaking skills Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints |