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

Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon



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ISBN: 0631144412, 9780631144410
Page: 240
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
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Words in the Mind An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon (9780631232445) Jean Aitchison. In linguistics, the lexicon (from the Greek: Λεξικόν) of a language is its vocabulary, including its words and expressions. 'The lexical plight in second language reading” in Coady, J. Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon, 2nd Edition. A study of the cloze procedure with native and non-native speakers of English. Retrieval time from semantic memory. More formally Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon. 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'. Product Details: Paperback: 328 pages. Words in the mind: An introduction to the mental lexicon. This book deals with words, and how humans learn them, remember them, understand them, and find the ones they want. Originally, behaviourists believed that a word derived its meaning from the sum of its associations. Words in the Mind: An introduction to the mental lexicon.