Where and how morphologically complex words interplay with naming pictures

Two picture-word experiments are reported in which a delay or 7 to 10 was introduced between distractor and picture. Distractor words were either derived words (Experiment I) or compounds (Experiment 2), morphologically related to the picture name. In both experiments, the position of morphological overlap between distractor (e.g., rosebud vs tea-rose) and picture name (ROSE) was manipulated. Clear facilitation of picture naming latencies was obtained when pictures were paired with morphological distractors, and effects were independent of distractor type and position of overlap. The results are evaluated against "full listing" and "decomposition" approaches of morphological representation. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).