Connectionism and the role of morphology in visual word recognition

Rueckl, Jay

doi:10.1075/ml.5.3.07rue

Article published In: Methodological and Analytic Frontiers in Lexical Research (Part I)
Edited by Gonia Jarema, Gary Libben † and Chris Westbury
[The Mental Lexicon 5:3] 2010
► pp. 371–400

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Connectionism and the role of morphology in visual word recognition

Jay Rueckl | University of Connecticut and Haskins Laboratories

Published online: 17 February 2011

https://doi.org/10.1075/ml.5.3.07rue

This paper provides a review of the connectionist perspective on the role of morphology in visual word recognition. Several computational models of morphological effects in reading are described and relationships between these models, models of past tense production, and models of other aspects of word recognition are traced. Limitations of extant models are noted, as are some of the technical challenges that must be solved to develop the next generation of models. Finally, some directions for future research are identified.

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