Polysemy in the mental lexicon: relatedness and frequency affect representational overlap
Authors: Jager, B., Green, M.J. and Cleland, A.A.
Journal: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
Volume: 31
Issue: 3
Pages: 425-429
eISSN: 2327-3801
ISSN: 2327-3798
DOI: 10.1080/23273798.2015.1105986
Abstract:ABSTRACT: Meaning relatedness affects storage of ambiguous words in the mental lexicon: unrelated meanings (homonymy) are stored separately whereas related senses (polysemy) are stored as one large representational entry. We hypothesised that word frequency could have similar effects on storage, with low-frequency words having high representational overlap and high-frequency words having low representational overlap. Participants performed lexical decision or semantic categorisation to high- and low-frequency nouns with few and many senses. Results showed a three-way interaction between frequency, task type, and polysemy. Low-frequency words showed a polysemy advantage with lexical decision but a polysemy disadvantage with semantic categorisation, whereas high-frequency words showed the opposite pattern. These results confirmed our hypothesis that relatedness and word frequency have similar effects on storage of ambiguous words.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/27801/
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Polysemy in the mental lexicon: relatedness and frequency affect representational overlap
Authors: Jager, B., Green, M.J. and Cleland, A.A.
Journal: LANGUAGE COGNITION AND NEUROSCIENCE
Volume: 31
Issue: 3
Pages: 425-429
eISSN: 2327-3801
ISSN: 2327-3798
DOI: 10.1080/23273798.2015.1105986
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/27801/
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Polysemy in the mental lexicon: relatedness and frequency affect representational overlap
Authors: Jager, B., Green, M.J. and Cleland, A.A.
Journal: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
Volume: 31
Pages: 425-429
Publisher: Routledge
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/27801/
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Polysemy in the mental lexicon: relatedness and frequency affect representational overlap
Authors: Jager, B., Green, M. and Cleland, A.A.
Journal: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
Volume: 31
Issue: 3
Pages: 425-429
ISSN: 2327-3798
Abstract:Meaning relatedness affects storage of ambiguous words in the mental lexicon: unrelated meanings(homonymy) are stored separately whereas related senses (polysemy) are stored as one large representational entry. We hypothesised that word frequency could have similar effects on storage, with low-frequency words having high representational overlap and high-frequency words having low representational overlap. Participants performed lexical decision or semantic categorisation to high- and low-frequency nouns with few and many senses. Results showed a three-way interaction between frequency, task type, and polysemy. Low-frequency words showed a polysemy advantage with lexical decision but a polysemy disadvantage with semantic categorisation, whereas high-frequency words showed the opposite pattern. These results confirmed our hypothesis that relatedness and word frequency have similar effects on storage of ambiguous words.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/27801/
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