ERP Index of Korean Prefix Morpheme Independent of Semantic and Orthographic Component

Abstract

Present study used event-related potential (ERPs) during visual priming task to examine the time course of the Korean prefix morpheme, semantic and orthographic component using a masked priming paradigm. The time windows of 300~500ms shows difference between orthography and semantic component. Within the time window 550~750ms, morphological component represent difference among orthographic and semantic component. The findings support that morphology has an effect on word recognition independently. Also, it concluded tentatively that morphological index dissociate from orthographic and semantic component is 550~750ms time windows.