The role of aspect during deverbal word processing in Greek

Tsaprouni, Eleni (author), Manouilidou, Christina (author)

Deverbal formations in Greek, e.g. miˈrazo ‘to distribute’ < ˈmirazma ‘distributing’ are considered morphologically complex lexical items. Previous psycholinguistic studies in Greek and English already highlighted the importance of lexical category and argument structure of the base verb in the processing of deverbal pseudowords violating constraints pertaining to these properties. A similar study in Slovenian brought into light the role of aspectual properties of the base verb during deverbal word processing. The present study revisits the role of aspect in morphological processing of deverbal word formations by looking at Greek. To this end, an offline acceptability judgement task and an online lexical decision task were conducted using different types of pseudowords, violating derivational rules. Results provide evidence that aspect affects deverbal pseudoword processing in Greek. Aspectual rules have a distinct role in relation to categorial and argument structure ones for the suffix that creates formations with unambiguous, eventive readings and which has clear event implications but not for other suffixes. The current study extends the literature to include the role of this feature in the processing of deverbal formations.

• Language: English
• Keywords: psycholinguistics, derivational morphology, deverbal nominals, morphological processing, pseudowords, Greek language, aspect, deverbal formations
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: 25 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 54, iss. 1, art. 7
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-169543
• UDC: 81'1
• ISSN on article: 1573-6555
• DOI: 10.1007/s10936-024-10112-6
• COBISS.SI-ID: 237914371
• Publication date in RUL: 03.06.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of psycholinguistic research
• Shortened title: J. psycholinguist. res.
• Publisher: Springer Nature
• ISSN: 1573-6555
• COBISS.SI-ID: 513202201

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: psiholingvistika, besedotvorje, derivacijska morfologija, morfološko procesiranje, psevdobesede, glagolski vid, grščina