Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon. Jean Aitchison

Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon


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Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon Jean Aitchison
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers




The rules of language depend on our ability to categorize language. There have been several theories proposed to account for the organization of the mental lexicon, from early psychological studies using word association to the idea of 'spreading activation'. In linguistics, the lexicon (from the Greek: Λεξικόν) of a language is its vocabulary, including its words and expressions. Publisher: Blackwell Pub Number Of Pages: 288. Words.in.the.Mind.An.Introduction.to.the.Mental.Lexicon.2nd.Edition. Words in the mind: An introduction to the mental lexicon. Originally, behaviourists believed that a word derived its meaning from the sum of its associations. Taylor (1995) A dictionary has been vividly called a list or container of words, In essence, a dictionary is a representation of our mental lexicon, though they may not be the same in structure or organization. Retrieval time from semantic memory. Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon, 2nd Edition Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon By Jean Aitchison. Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon, 2nd Edition. [Keywords] classical category; prototypical category; lexical entries; definition; exemplification. Without categorization, language would be something of chaos to us. Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon - Jean. More formally Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon. Language and the Lexicon: An Introduction by David Singleton - Find this book online from $38.75.

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