Lexical frequency effects and phonetic duration of English homophones: An acoustic study

2005 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 2036-2036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail C. Cohn ◽  
Johanna Brugman ◽  
Clifford Crawford ◽  
Andrew Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Lexical Frequency ◽  
Frequency Effects ◽  
Acoustic Study ◽  
Phonetic Duration

Error Type and Lexical Frequency Effects: Error Detection in Swedish Children With Language Impairment

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (10) ◽  
pp. 2924-2934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Eva Hallin ◽  
Christina Reuterskiöld
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Noun Phrase ◽  
Error Detection ◽  
Language Impairment ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Past Tense ◽  
School Age ◽  
Lexical Frequency ◽  
Control Error ◽  
Frequency Effects

Purpose The first aim of this study was to investigate if Swedish-speaking school-age children with language impairment (LI) show specific morphosyntactic vulnerabilities in error detection. The second aim was to investigate the effects of lexical frequency on error detection, an overlooked aspect of previous error detection studies. Method Error sensitivity for grammatical structures vulnerable in Swedish-speaking preschool children with LI (omission of the indefinite article in a noun phrase with a neuter/common noun, and use of the infinitive instead of past-tense regular and irregular verbs) was compared to a control error (singular noun instead of plural). Target structures involved a high-frequency (HF) or a low-frequency (LF) noun/verb. Grammatical and ungrammatical sentences were presented in headphones, and responses were collected through button presses. Results Children with LI had similar sensitivity to the plural control error as peers with typical language development, but lower sensitivity to past-tense errors and noun phrase errors. All children showed lexical frequency effects for errors involving verbs (HF > LF), and noun gender effects for noun phrase errors (common > neuter). Conclusions School-age children with LI may have subtle difficulties with morphosyntactic processing that mirror expressive difficulties in preschool children with LI. Lexical frequency may affect morphosyntactic processing, which has clinical implications for assessment of grammatical knowledge.

Second language effects on ambiguity resolution in the first language

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 191-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christie Brien ◽  
Laura L. Sabourin
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
First Language ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Semantic Context ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
Canadian English ◽  
Lexical Frequency ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
Frequency Effects ◽  
Language Effects

The processing of homonyms is complex considering homonyms have many lexical properties. For instance, train contains semantic (a locomotive/to instruct) and syntactic (noun/verb) properties, each affecting interpretation. Previous studies find homonym processing influenced by lexical frequency (Duffy et al. 1988) as well as syntactic and semantic context (Folk & Morris 2003; Swinney 1979; Tanenhaus et al. 1979). This cross-modal lexical-decision study investigates second language (L2) effects on homonym processing in the first language (L1). Participants were monolingual English speakers and Canadian English/French bilinguals who acquired L2 French at distinct periods. The early bilinguals revealed no significant differences compared to monolinguals (p = .219) supporting the Reordered Access Model (Duffy et al. 1988). However, the late bilinguals revealed longer reaction times, syntactic priming effects (p < .001), and lexical frequency effects (p < .001), suggesting a heightened sensitivity to surface cues influencing homonym processing in the L1 due to a newly-acquired L2 (Cook 2003).

A tale of two frequency effects: Toward a verification model of L2 word recognition

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-236
Author(s):  
Nan Jiang ◽  
Man Li ◽  
Taomei Guo
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Word Recognition ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Frequency Effect ◽  
Decision Task ◽  
Lexical Frequency ◽  
Frequency Effects ◽  
Verification Model ◽  
L2 Word Recognition

AbstractThis study examined the activation of first language (L1) translations in second language (L2) word recognition in a lexical decision task. Test materials included English words that differed in the frequency of their Chinese translations or in their surface lexical frequency while other lexical properties were controlled. Chinese speakers of English as a second language of different proficiencies and native speakers of English were tested. Native speakers produced a reliable lexical frequency effect but no translation frequency effect. English as a second language speakers of lower English proficiency showed both a translation frequency effect and a lexical frequency effect, but those of higher English proficiency showed a lexical frequency effect only. The results were discussed in a verification model of L2 word recognition. According to the model, L2 word recognition entails a checking procedure in which activated L2 words are checked against their L1 translations. The two frequency effects are seen to have two different loci. The lexical frequency effect is associated with the initial activation of L2 lemmas, and the translation frequency effect arises in the verification process. Existing evidence for verification in L2 word recognition and new issues this model raises are discussed.

Disambiguating form and lexical frequency effects in MEG responses using homonyms

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan Alexander Simon ◽  
Gwyneth Lewis ◽  
Alec Marantz
Keyword(s):  
Lexical Frequency ◽  
Frequency Effects
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