This paper provides a critical review of the compound word processing research in China and abroad. It starts by introducing the representative theoretical models in the field, concluding that so far the Dual-route model is the one with the best explanatory power, and then it proceeds to make a detailed analysis and evaluation of the current empirical studies in compound word processing in both L1 and L2. At the end it predicts the future trends of the research on compound word processing.
ZHAO Wei
. A Review of Compound Word Processing Research in China and Abroad[J]. Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 2015
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DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8921.2015.08.003
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