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Abstract:
Freestanding and bound morphemes differ in many (psycho)linguistic aspects. Some theorists have
claimed that the representation and retrieval of freestanding and bound morphemes in the course of
language production are governed by similar processing mechanisms. Alternatively, it has been proposed
that both types of morphemes may be selected for production in different ways. In this article, the authors
first review the available experimental evidence related to this topic and then present new experimental
data pointing to the notion that freestanding and bound morphemes are retrieved following distinct
processing principles: freestanding morphemes are subject to competition, bound morphemes not.
