BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16581-763495c5e6ebd85af6e4d402a90ec541@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260417T113451Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260213T103000 SUMMARY:Center for Language Science Speaker Series: David Embick DESCRIPTION:\nA long-standing question in (psycho)linguistic theory conc erns the nature of morphemes: by definition\, the fundamental building b locks of larger linguistic objects (words\, phrases\, etc.). One basic q uestion in this domain concerns how morphemes relate form and meaning\; and\, beyond this\, whether morphemes involve information of a further t ype\, what can be called a purely morphological representation. In this talk\, David Embick will review experiments from our behavioral laborato ry that use different types of priming paradigms to explore this questio n. It is well-established that priming can diagnose relatedness between words\, both semantic (e.g. dog primes cat) or phonological (e.g. rink p rimes pink). To probe for purely morphological representations\, it is t herefore necessary to ensure that semantic and phonological relatedness between prime and target are controlled for. He will review the results from experiments that do this in different ways\, and discuss their impl ications for another general question\, concerning how words are decompo sed into morphemes. A recurring theme throughout the presentation will b e the ways in which the purely morphological representations implicated in processing relate to developments in theoretical linguistics: in part icular\, to theories that posit a syntax that operates with abstract mor phemes that are connected to form and meaning representations only after they have been assembled into complex objects.\n\nFor more details: htt ps://events.la.psu.edu/event/cls-speaker-series-david-embick/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A long-standing question in (psycho)linguistic theory concerns the nature of morphe mes: by definition, the fundamental building blocks of larger lingu istic objects (words, phrases, etc.). One basic question in this domain concerns how morphemes relate form and meaning; and, beyond this, whethe r morphemes involve information of a further type, what can be called a  purely morphological representation. In this talk, Dav id Embick will review experiments from our behavioral laboratory that us e different types of priming paradigms to explore this question. It is w ell-established that priming can diagnose relatedness between words, bot h semantic (e.g. dog primes cat) or phonological (e.g. rink primes pink). To probe for purely morphological representations, it is therefore necessary to ensure that semantic and p honological relatedness between prime and target are controlled for. He will review the results from experiments that do this in different ways, and discuss their implications for another general question, concerning how words are decomposed into morphemes. A recurring theme thr oughout the presentation will be the ways in which the purely morphologi cal representations implicated in processing relate to developments in t heoretical linguistics: in particular, to theories that posit a syntax t hat operates with abstract morphemes that are connected to form and mean ing representations only after they have been assembled into complex obj ects.

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