The paper aims to make a comparison study between word association of native speakers and that of Chinese English learners (CELs). Through data analysis of the word association results, the nature of the second language (L2) mental lexicon is explored. A continuous free word association test (WAT) was conducted to 150 students from Dalian University of Technology (DUT). And the Minnesota word association norms are selected as a native speakers’ word association test for the comparison. The results of WATs are classified and analyzed with respect to response type and part of speech.The major findings in the paper are as follows: (1) The words in L2 mental lexicon are essentially semantically-related, just like the mental lexicon of L1 speake...
This thesis explores the organisation of second language learners' mental lexicons through the use o...
Word associations have traditionally been used in linguistic research as a means of accessing inform...
This study intended to peek into Iranian EFL learners metal lexicon through word association tests (...
Based on the theory of spreading activation model and word association test, the paper probes into t...
A mental lexicon refers to the stored knowledge of vocabulary in one's mind. Representation of the m...
A study investigated the organization and development of second language lexicons among Hong Kong le...
The aim of the article is to review the findings of research into patterns of word associations in b...
Our internal repository of words, often known as the mental lexicon, has primarily been modelled by ...
There are different types of psycholinguistic approaches which attempt to examine the quality and th...
Psycholinguistics show that words are stored in the mental lexicon. In exploring the mental lexicon,...
Research into lexicography is a relatively well-developed field of applied linguistics, as some of t...
Vocabulary acquisition is a dynamic process and there is a constant change in the way words are stor...
Nowadays, the main idea regarding the organization of the lexicon is that words are stored in an org...
AbstractThis study intended to peek into Iranian EFL learners’ metal lexicon through word associat...
This study intended to peek into Iranian EFL learners' metal lexicon through word association tests ...
This thesis explores the organisation of second language learners' mental lexicons through the use o...
Word associations have traditionally been used in linguistic research as a means of accessing inform...
This study intended to peek into Iranian EFL learners metal lexicon through word association tests (...
Based on the theory of spreading activation model and word association test, the paper probes into t...
A mental lexicon refers to the stored knowledge of vocabulary in one's mind. Representation of the m...
A study investigated the organization and development of second language lexicons among Hong Kong le...
The aim of the article is to review the findings of research into patterns of word associations in b...
Our internal repository of words, often known as the mental lexicon, has primarily been modelled by ...
There are different types of psycholinguistic approaches which attempt to examine the quality and th...
Psycholinguistics show that words are stored in the mental lexicon. In exploring the mental lexicon,...
Research into lexicography is a relatively well-developed field of applied linguistics, as some of t...
Vocabulary acquisition is a dynamic process and there is a constant change in the way words are stor...
Nowadays, the main idea regarding the organization of the lexicon is that words are stored in an org...
AbstractThis study intended to peek into Iranian EFL learners’ metal lexicon through word associat...
This study intended to peek into Iranian EFL learners' metal lexicon through word association tests ...
This thesis explores the organisation of second language learners' mental lexicons through the use o...
Word associations have traditionally been used in linguistic research as a means of accessing inform...
This study intended to peek into Iranian EFL learners metal lexicon through word association tests (...