ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION Language is a complex cognitive domain with many different components. Morphology is a microcosm of this complexity, interacting with semantics, pragmatics, syntax, phonology, and the lexicon. Within linguistic theory, the phonological aspects of morphology are heavily emphasized, with major research areas such as Lexical Phonology (Kiparsky, 1982) and Prosodic Morphology (McCarthy & Prince, 1993) dedicated to exploring the interactions of phonology and morphology. Linguists posit that morphology and phonology are part of the same component of grammar and interact heavily; studying morphology without reference to phonology would be unthinkable. In contrast, in studies of psycholinguistic processing and language acquisition, morphology is often studied by itself, with less consideration of the contributions of
phonology. In language acqUISItIOn, for example, the development of morphology is most often studied without reference to phonological development (e.g. , Kuczaj, 1977; Marcus et aI., 1992).
