base word from a derived word that does not share its part speech (eg, popular from popularity) may have special relevance for accessing
the meaning of novel derived words encountered while reading. This process of morphological analysis requires the integration of lexical
knowledge of particular derivational suffixes and root morphemes with the metalinguistic ability to recognize these units and dissect them. As such, it can be characterized as involving both word-specifie knowledge and a word-general metalinguistic skill. Because this process has the
potential to give readers access to the meaning of novel words that they encounter in text, it may facilitate improved reading comprehension performance.