The When, Where, and How of Morphological Processing in the Human Brain

This book addresses the questions, examining the behavioral and neural bases of morphological processing, with evidence from Mandarin Chinese. While the role of morphology in alphabetic language processing has been widely explored, how the human brain encodes morphological information in Mandarin Chinese remains unclear. It investigates where and when in the brain morphological processing occurs and how different aspects, such as storage units, constraint encoding, structural effects, and language transfer, are represented. By exploring the timing and localization of these processes, this book highlights morphology as a fundamental component of the mental lexicon, essential for vocabulary learning and language development. The findings underscore the importance of incorporating morphological insights into language learning, education, and research.