Search results for "Mental lexicon"
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On the role of the upper part of words in lexical access: evidence with masked priming.
2012
More than 100 years ago, Huey (1908) indicated that the upper part of words was more relevant for perception than the lower part. Here we examined whether mutilated words, in their upper/lower portions (e.g., , , , ), can automatically access their word units in the mental lexicon. To that end, we conducted four masked repetition priming experiments with the lexical decision task. Results showed that mutilated primes produced a sizeable masked repetition priming effect. Furthermore, the magnitude of the masked repetition priming effect was greater when the upper part of the primes was preserved than when the lower portion was preserved –this was the case not only when the mutilated words we…
La "minéralité" du vin : dires d'experts et de consommateurs (Propos de prescripteurs, paroles de consommateurs)
2013
International audience; Cette conférence vise à présenter les résultats du premier volet d’un projet de recherche réalisé, sous l’égide de l’Institut Œnologique de Champagne, par une équipe pluridisciplinaire réunissant linguistes, oenologues et spécialistes des sciences du goût. Si le projet global vise à analyser les modes de construction cognitive du concept de minéralité du vin chez les consommateurs et les professionnels en l’articulant sur les réalités sensorielles observables, la première partie présentée et discutée ici se focalisera sur le discours des consommateurs approché au travers d’un questionnaire en ligne. Nous reviendrons brièvement sur les hypothèses de travail du projet …
Xarxes semàntiques en el lèxic disponible de València. Una aproximació al lexicó bilingüe
2016
This work deals with the situation of languages in contact and explores the nature of bilingual lexicon by studying lexical availability. Based on the results published in 2010 in Lèxic disponible de València, and in relation to 'town' as the center of interest, the study applied a new analytical tool called DispoGrafo, which enabled us to observe issues related to the construction and organization of the mental lexicon, for example, the incidence or profitability of facilitating semantic-priming-in clusters made up of three or more closely linked elements. The sample was obtained from 464 high school students of 2nd baccalaureate in the Valencia province, and was established to represent t…
The mental lexicon in french foreign language vocabulary teaching and learning : the case of the acquisition of the past perfect by Colombian L3 fren…
2016
This research presents the force that manifests the mental lexicon in teaching vocabulary in French as a foreign language. This experimental action research was developed with the experimental French group II EG from the program of modern languages at the University of Quindio in Armenia City, in Colombia. Students presented a low level in oral and written French activities. The lack of vocabulary was a recurrent element in the expression of the language. The purpose of this research is therefore focused on improving vocabulary acquisition in French through a series of learning sessions of the French’s present perfect taking into account the three pillars of the knowledge of words expressin…
Daudzvalodu kompetences loma angļu leksikas apguvē
2021
Bakalaura darba tēma ir “Daudzvalodu kompetences loma angļu leksikas apguvē”. Tā mērķis ir izpētīt daudzvalodu pratības lomu angļu valodas vārdu krājuma vai leksikas apguvē. Darba teorētiskā daļa nodrošina zinātnisko pamatu empīriskajiem pētījumiem. Izklāstītās tēmas ir saistītas ar daudzvalodību, leksikona apguvi, vārda pārzināšanas aspektiem, kā arī procesu, kura rezultātā mentālajā leksikonā tiek veidoti vārdi. Darba empīriskais pētījums sniedz gan vēsturisko valodu kontekstu Latvijā, gan apskata mūsdienu situāciju. Tas ietver kvalitatīvu un kvantitatīvu pētījumu par mērķa grupu, kurā ir 17 skolēni vecumā no 10 līdz 13 gadiem, kuri apmeklē vispārējās izglītības iestādes Latvijā. Pētījuma…
How are words with diacritical vowels represented in the mental lexicon? Evidence from Spanish and German
2021
Recent research has shown that the omission of diacritics in words does not affect the initial contact with the lexical entries, as measured by masked priming. In the present study, we directly examined whether diacritics’ omission slows down lexical access using a single-presentation semantic categorisation task (“is the word an animal name?”). We did so in a language in which diacritics reflect lexical stress but not vowel quality (Spanish; e.g. ratón [mouse] vs. raton; Experiment 1) and in a language in which diacritics reflect vowel quality but not lexical stress (German; e.g. Kröte vs. Krote; Experiment 2). In Spanish, word response times were similar for words with diacritics that wer…
Processing and representation of ambiguous words in Chinese reading: Evidence from eye movements
2016
In the current study, we used eye tracking to investigate whether senses of polysemous words and meanings of homonymous words are represented and processed similarly or differently in Chinese reading. Readers read sentences containing target words which was either homonymous words or polysemous words. The contexts of text preceding the target words were manipulated to bias the participants toward reading the ambiguous words according to their dominant, subordinate, or neutral meanings. Similarly, disambiguating regions following the target words were also manipulated to favor either the dominant or subordinate meanings of ambiguous words. The results showed that there were similar eye movem…
TallVocabL2Fi : A Tall Dataset of 15 Finnish L2 Learners’ Vocabulary
2022
Previous work concerning measurement of second language learners has tended to focus on the knowledge of small numbers of words, often geared towards measuring vocabulary size. This paper presents a “tall” dataset containing information about a few learners’ knowledge of many words, suitable for evaluating Vocabulary Inventory Prediction (VIP) techniques, including those based on Computerised Adaptive Testing (CAT). In comparison to previous comparable datasets, the learners are from varied backgrounds, so as to reduce the risk of overfitting when used for machine learning based VIP. The dataset contains both a self-rating test and a translation test, used to derive a measure of reliability…