Author/Editor		Spacal, Martin; Semenza, Carlo; Kobal, Marija; Kobal, Jan
Title		The representation of complex words in the mental lexicon of Slovenian speakers
Type		članek
Source		In: Vodušek DB, Repovš G, editors. Informacijska družba IS'01. Kognitivna nevroznanost IS'01. Zbornik B 4. mednarodne multi-konference; 2001 okt 22-26; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Inštitut Jožef Stefan,
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 62-4
Language		eng
Abstract		The present study is concerned with two Slovenian speaking patients who were asked to produce, in various tasks, verbs, nouns and adjectives derived by prefixation with prepositions. Despite differences due to their specific linguistic difficulties, both patients performance was characterised by the differential processing of prefixes and remaining components of complex words. Prepositions in prefixation were mostly preserved, less frequently substituted, regardless of the numerous errors produced in the remaining portion of the words. These errors seem clearly determined by the morphological structure of the words and therefore appear to be authentic morphological errorrs. These findings contribute to the theoretical debate on mental lexical representation, speaking in favour of a morphological decomposition in processing of prefixed complex words.
Descriptors		CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA LANGUAGE DISORDERS MIDDLE AGE