@inbook{2b957cabc0b04a858d94b3a74931820a,
title = "Accessing words from the mental lexicon",
abstract = "This chapter describes how speakers access words from the mental lexicon. Lexical access is a crucial com ponent in the process of transforming thoughts into speech. Some theories consider lexical access to be strictly serial and discrete, while others view this process as being cascading or even interactive, i.e. the different sub-levels influence each other. We discuss some of the evidence in favour and against these viewpoints, and also present arguments regarding the ongoing debate on how words are selected for production. Another important issue concerns the access to morphologically com plex words such as derived and inflected words, as well as com pounds. Are these accessed as whole entities from the mental lexicon or are the parts assembled online? This chapter tries to provide an answer to that question as well.",
keywords = "mental lexicon, speech production, lexical access, discrete processing, serial processing, cascading processing, interactive processing, morphologically complex words, compounds, online assembly",
author = "Schiller, \{Niels O.\} and Rinus Verdonschot",
year = "2015",
month = jun,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199641604.013.033",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780199641604",
series = "Oxford Handbooks",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
pages = "481--492",
editor = "Taylor, \{John R.\}",
booktitle = "The Oxford Handbook of the Word",
address = "United Kingdom",
}