Modelling Maltese noun plural classes without morphemes

J Nieder, F Tomaschek, E Cohrs… - Language, Cognition and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Word-based models of morphology propose that complex words are stored without
reference to morphemes. One of the questions that arises is whether information about word …

Priming Maltese plurals: Representation of sound and broken plurals in the mental lexicon

J Nieder, R van de Vijver, H Mitterer - The Mental Lexicon, 2021 - jbe-platform.com
We investigate the storage and processing of sound and broken plural forms in the Maltese
lexicon by means of a cross-modal priming study. The results show no significant differences …

Knowledge of Maltese singular–plural mappings: Analogy explains it best

J Nieder, R van de Vijver, H Mitterer - Morphology, 2021 - Springer
Which factors determine the choice of a plural allomorph for a new singular form? Are
regular mappings stored differently from irregular mappings? Do native speakers only rely …

Morpheme segmentation from distributional information

S Finley, E Newport - 2010 - osf.io
Morpheme segmentation is a process in language learning where the learner must parse
morphologically complex words into their component parts (eg, stems and affixes) …

[PDF][PDF] Comprehension, production and processing of maltese plurals in the discriminative lexicon

J Nieder, YY Chuang, R van de Vijver, R Baayen - 2021 - sfs.uni-tuebingen.de
This study challenges a computational implementation of Word and Paradigm Morphology
with the task of modeling the semi-productive noun system of Maltese, which combines a …

Decomposition in early stages of learning novel morphologically derived words: The impact of linear vs. non-linear structure

U Nathaniel, S Eidelsztein, KG Geskin, BL Yamasaki… - Cognition, 2023 - Elsevier
We examined whether morphological decomposition takes place in early stages of learning
a novel language, and whether morphological structure (linear vs. non-linear) influences …

Improving language learning outcomes through linguistic training

A Lubera - 2023 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation presents four iterative experiments which explore the quantitative benefits
of introducing linguistics to language learners. Previous work has connected exploration of …

Segmentation of root and pattern morphology

S Finley, E Newport - 2021 - osf.io
Morphology is the study of how form and meaning are combined to form complex words.
While previous studies of morphology learning rely on semantic associations of continuous …

[PDF][PDF] MorphemeSegmentation_Affixes

S Finley - 2023 - psyarxiv.com
Morpheme segmentation is a process in language learning where the learner must parse
morphologically complex words into their component parts (eg, stems and affixes) …

Non-Concatenative Morpheme Segmentation in Adults and Children

S Finley, E Newport - 2021 - osf.io
While most morphemes in the world's language involve continuous structure or
concatenation (eg, prefixes and suffixes), many languages show some form of non-adjacent …