言语产生研究对于复合词的通达形成什么表征存在分歧。是形成整词表征还是分解为词素表征?用整词和词素频率效应考察,荷兰语的结果支持复合词的分离阶段通达模型和相应的分解表征假设,汉语和英语的结果支持复合词的独立网络通达模型和相应的整词表征假设。本文经过文献回顾指出,词汇表征不同于心理词典,语言、加工方式和加工通道都很可能造成复合词表征的差异。
In the studies of speech production, there are different views, whole-word representation or decomposed-morphological representation, of compounds in lexical access. By either word frequency effect or morpheme frequency effect, findings from Dutch studies suggest the Discrete Stage Theory and its decomposed-morphological representation hypothesis, while findings from Chinese and English studies suggest the Independent Network Model and its whole-word representation hypothesis. The article further suggests, upon literature reviewing, that lexical representation might be conceptually different from mental lexicon. Language difference, processing paradigms, and modalities all likely contribute to the difference of the representation of compound words.