Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - Complex and Compound Word Processing -- Chapter 3 - Experimental Studies -- Chapter 4 - Compound Verbs in Persian -- Chapter 5 - General Discussion and Conclusion -- Appendix A - Stimuli for Experiment 1 -- Appendix B - Stimuli for Experiment 2 -- Appendix C - Sample Results of minF' Tests -- Notes -- References