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Stress properties of Greek compounds: Psycholinguistic considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2016

Athanasios Tsiamas ,
Gonia Jarema ,
Eva Kehayia  and
Gevorg Chilingaryan
Athanasios Tsiamas
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal and Research Center, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (IUGM)
Gonia Jarema
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal and Research Center, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (IUGM)
Eva Kehayia
Affiliation:
McGill University and Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabiliation (CRIR)
Gevorg Chilingaryan
Affiliation:
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabiliation (CRIR) and Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital
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Abstract

Theoretical accounts of Greek compounds argue for a close relation between their stress properties and their underlying structure. Compounds that preserve and receive stress at the same position as their second constituent are analyzed as stem-word constructions, while those that receive antepenultimate stress are viewed as belonging to the stem-stem category. Using an auditory lexical decision task, we examine the effect of stress change on the processing of compounds in the light of existing theoretical linguistic accounts. Although our experimental results do not reach statistical significance, we believe that they are informative of the cognitive status and role of stress in compound processing. Finally, they relate to existing theories of compounding in Greek and reflect the complex interaction of the psycholinguistic effects of stress and the structural properties of these constructions.

Résumé

Résumé

Les explications théoriques des mots composés grecs affirment qu'il existe une relation étroite entre l'accent et la structure sous-jacente de ces mots. Les composés qui préservent et reçoivent l'accent à la même position que leur deuxième constituant sont analysés en mot-racine, alors que ceux qui portent l'accent à la position antépénultième appartiennent à la catégorie racine-racine. À l'aide d'une tâche de décision lexicale auditoire, nous examinons l'effet qu'a le changement de la position de l'accent sur le traitement des composés, étant donné les explications théoriques actuelles. Même si nos résultats expérimentaux ne sont pas statistiquement significatifs, nous les croyons informatifs pour P'étude du statut cognitif et du rôle de l'accent dans le traitement des mots composés. Enfin, nos résultats sont liés aux théories actuelles de la composition en grec et ils reflètent 1'interaction complexe entre les effets psycholinguistiques de l'accent et les propriétés structurales des composés.

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compoundingstressmorphologyphonologylexical processingcompositionaccentmorphologiephonologietraitement lexical
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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , March 2015 , pp. 25 - 50
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association. 2015

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