By Emeritus Professor Marcus Taft

Journal articles

Zhang Y; Taft M; Tang J; Li L, 2024, 'Neural correlates of semantic-driven syntactic parsing in sentence comprehension', NeuroImage, 289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120543

Wei Y; Niu Y; Taft M; Carreiras M, 2023, 'Morphological decomposition in Chinese compound word recognition: Electrophysiological evidence', Brain and Language, 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2023.105267

Wang X; Steinman C; Taft M, 2023, 'Priming asymmetry persists in German-English-French trilinguals: the sense model modified for the trilingual mental lexicon', Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 38, pp. 983 - 1000, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2023.2189274

Taft M; Li J; Aryanti T, 2021, 'Why do non-native english speakers show masked form priming when native speakers do not?', Journal of Second Language Studies, 4, pp. 204 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jsls.21007.taf

Taft M; Li J, 2021, 'A NEW TYPE of MASKED FORM PRIMING', Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 43, pp. 442 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0272263120000558

Wang X; Taft M; Wang J; Kim SY, 2021, 'Finding a “flower” in a “peanut” is as easy as in a “garden”: towards a lemma-based model of bilingual word recognition', Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 36, pp. 1076 - 1085, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2021.1901945

Li J; Taft M, 2020, 'THE PROCESSING of ENGLISH PREFIXED WORDS by Chinese-ENGLISH BILINGUALS', Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 42, pp. 239 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0272263119000172

Beyersmann E; Grainger J; Taft M, 2020, 'Evidence for embedded word length effects in complex nonwords', Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 35, pp. 235 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2019.1659989

Liang A; Taft M, 2020, 'The Relationship Between L2 Phonological Processing and Early Musical Training in Adult Bilinguals', Music and Science, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2059204320919285

Taft M; Li S, 2019, 'It's hard to be talented: What possessional adjectives tell us about lexical representation', Mental Lexicon, 14, pp. 124 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ml.18011.taf

Beyersmann E; Kezilas Y; Coltheart M; Castles A; Ziegler JC; Taft M; Grainger J, 2018, 'Taking the book from the bookshelf: Masked constituent priming effects from compound words and nonwords', Journal of Cognition, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/joc.11

Taft M; Li S; Beyersmann E, 2018, 'What cross-morphemic letter transposition in derived nonwords tells us about lexical processing', Journal of Cognition, 1, pp. 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/joc.39

Zhou J; Ma G; Li X; Taft M, 2018, 'The time course of incremental word processing during Chinese reading', Reading and Writing, 31, pp. 607 - 625, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11145-017-9800-y

Li J; Taft M; Xu J, 2017, 'The Processing of English Derived Words by Chinese-English Bilinguals', Language Learning, 67, pp. 858 - 884, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/lang.12247

Tao L; Taft M, 2017, 'Effects of early home language environment on perception and production of speech', Bilingualism, 20, pp. 1030 - 1044, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1366728916000730

Álvarez CJ; Taft M; Hernández-Cabrera JA, 2017, 'Syllabic Strategy as Opposed to Coda Optimization in the Segmentation of Spanish Letter-Strings Using Word Spotting', Scientific Studies of Reading, 21, pp. 99 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2016.1254220

Álvarez CJ; García-Saavedra G; Luque JL; Taft M, 2017, 'Syllabic parsing in children: A developmental study using visual word-spotting in Spanish', Journal of Child Language, 44, pp. 380 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0305000916000040

Tao L; Taft M, 2017, 'Influences of cognitive processing capacities on speech perception in young adults', Frontiers in Psychology, 8, pp. 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00266

Taft M; Xu J; Li S, 2017, 'Letter coding in visual word recognition: The impact of embedded words', Journal of Memory and Language, 92, pp. 14 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2016.05.002

Taft M, 2016, 'Morphographic processing: The BOSS Re-emerges', , pp. 265 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315630427

Tao L; Taft M; Gollan TH, 2015, 'The Bilingual Switching Advantage: Sometimes Related to Bilingual Proficiency, Sometimes Not', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 21, pp. 531 - 544, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617715000521

Kim SY; Wang M; Taft M, 2015, 'Morphological Decomposition in the Recognition of Prefixed and Suffixed Words: Evidence From Korean', Scientific Studies of Reading, 19, pp. 183 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2014.991019

Xu J; Taft M, 2015, 'The effects of semantic transparency and base frequency on the recognition of english complex words', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 41, pp. 904 - 910, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000052

Taft M; Álvarez CJ, 2014, 'Coda optimization in the segmentation of english polysyllabic letter-strings', Experimental Psychology, 61, pp. 488 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000266

Xu J; Taft M, 2014, 'Solely soles: Inter-lemma competition in inflected word recognition', Journal of Memory and Language, 76, pp. 127 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2014.06.008

Taft M; Krebs-Lazendic L, 2013, 'The role of orthographic syllable structure in assigning letters to their position in visual word recognition', Journal of Memory and Language, 68, pp. 85 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2012.10.004

Taft M; Nillsen C, 2012, 'Morphological decomposition and the transposed-letter (TL) position effect. Language and Cognitive Processes', Language and Cognitive Processes, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01690965.2012.679662

Taft M; Kacanas D; Huen W; Chan RC, 2011, 'An empirical demonstration of contrastive rhetoric: Preference for rhetorical structure depends on one's first language', Intercultural Pragmatics, 8, pp. 503 - 516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/IPRG.2011.023

Taft M, 2011, 'Orthographic influences when processing spoken pseudowords: Theoretical implications', Frontiers in Psychology: Developmental Psychology, 140, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00140

Lee CH; Taft M, 2011, 'Subsyllabic structure reflected in letter confusability effects in Korean word recognition', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 18, pp. 129 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-010-0028-y

Tao ; Marzecova A; Taft M; Asanowicz ; Wodniecka , 2011, 'The efficiency of attentional networks in early and late bilinguals: the role of age of acquisition', Frontiers in Psychology: Developmental Psychology, 2, pp. 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00123

Taft M; Nguyen-Hoan M, 2010, 'A sticky stick? The locus of morphological representation in the lexicon', Language and Cognitive Processes, 25, pp. 277 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01690960903043261

Nguyen-Hoan M; Taft M, 2010, 'The impact of a subordinate L1 on L2 auditory processing in adult bilinguals', Bilingualism - Language and Cognition, 13, pp. 217 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1366728909990551

Lee CH; Taft M, 2009, 'Are onsets and codas important in processing letter position? A comparison of TL effects in English and Korean', Journal of Memory and Language, 60, pp. 530 - 542

Tamaoka K; Taft M, 2009, 'The sensitivity of native Japanese speakers to On and Kun kanji readings', Reading and Writing. An Interdisciplinary Journal, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11145-009-9184-8

Taft M; Castles A; Davis C; Lazendic GS; Nguyen-Hoan M, 2008, 'Automatic activation of orthography in spoken word recognition: Pseudohomograph priming', Journal of Memory and Language, 58, pp. 366 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2007.11.002

Myers J; Taft M; Chou P, 2007, 'Character recognition without sound or meaning', Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 35, pp. 1 - 57

Taft M; Alvarez CJ; Carreiras M, 2007, 'Cross-Language differences in the use of internal orthographic structure when reading polysyllabic words', The Mental Lexicon, 2, pp. 49 - 63

Nguyen-Hoan M; Taft M, 2006, 'Auditory comprehension deficits in native-like L2 speakers', Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, pp. 11 - 11, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000242541400037&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Taft M; Huen W; Chan RC; Kacanas D, 2006, 'Cross-language rhetorical preferences', Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, pp. 12 - 12

Taft M; Ardasinki S, 2006, 'Obligatory decomposition in reading prefixed words', The Mental Lexicon, 1, pp. 183 - 200

Taft M, 2006, 'Orthographically influenced abstract phonological representation: Evidence from non-rhotic speakers', Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 35, pp. 67 - 78

Lazendic GS; Taft M, 2006, 'The effect of asymmetrical verbal associations in word-picture priming', Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, pp. 8 - 9, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000242541400029&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Lazendic GS; Taft M, 2006, 'The impact of different types of semantic relationships in the picture-word interference paradigm', Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, pp. 82 - 82, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000242541400292&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Taft M, 2005, 'Using a concurrent orthographic task to examine the involvement of abstract phonological representations in spoken word processing', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 57, pp. 74 - 74, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000234555700271&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Taft M; Davis C, 2005, 'More words in the neighborhood: Interference in lexical decision due to deletion neighbors', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 12, pp. 904 - 910

Nguyen-Hoan M; Taft M, 2005, 'Speech identification deficits in native-like L2 speakers', Australian Journal of Psychology, 57, pp. 64 - 65, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000234555700232&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

Taft M, 2004, 'Morphological decomposition and the reverse base frequence effect', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A - Human Experimental Psychology, 57A, pp. 745 - 765

Kim J; Taft M; Davis C, 2004, 'Orthographic and phonological links in the lexicon: When lexical and sublexical information conflict', Reading and Writing. An Interdisciplinary Journal, 17, pp. 187 - 218

Taft M, 2004, 'Orthographic involvement in spoken word recognition', Australian Journal of Psychology, 56, pp. 138 - 138, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000226723401087&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

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