Stem and derivational-suffix processing during reading by French second and third graders

Morphological processing by French children was investigated in two experiments. The first showed that second and third graders read pseudowords such as chat-ure ( cat-ish ) composed of an illegally combined real stem and real derivational suffix faster and more accurately than they read matched pseudowords composed of a pseudostem and a real derivational suffix (e.g., chot-ure ) or a pseudostem and a pseudosuffix (e.g., chot-ore ). More, the...