scholarly journals Age of acquisition and word frequency: Determinants of object-naming speed and accuracy

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayane Meschyan ◽  
Arturo Hernandez
Keyword(s):  
Word Frequency ◽  
Age Of Acquisition ◽  
Naming Speed ◽  
Object Naming ◽  
Speed And Accuracy

scholarly journals Age of Acquisition, Ageing, and Verb Production: Normative and Experimental Data

2003 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catriona M. Morrison ◽  
Katherine W. Hirsh ◽  
Geoffrey B. Duggan
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Word Frequency ◽  
Picture Naming ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Lexical Processing ◽  
Age Of Acquisition ◽  
Naming Speed ◽  
Old Adults

Young and old adults were shown pictured or written verbs and asked to name them as quickly as possible. Simultaneous multiple regression was used to investigate which of a set of potential variables predicted naming speed. Age of acquisition was found to be an important predictor of naming speed in both young and old adults, and for both word and picture naming. Word frequency predicted picture-naming speed only in older adults and failed to make any significant contribution to word-naming speeds for either group of participants. The respective loci and roles of age of acquisition and frequency in lexical processing are discussed in the light of these findings.

scholarly journals Age of acquisition, not word frequency, affects object naming, not object recognition

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 705-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catriona M. Morrison ◽  
Andrew W. Ellis ◽  
Philip T. Quinlan
Keyword(s):  
Object Recognition ◽  
Word Frequency ◽  
Age Of Acquisition ◽  
Object Naming

Naming the Snodgrass and Vanderwart Pictures: Effects of Age of Acquisition, Frequency, and Name Agreement

1997 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 560-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Barry ◽  
Catriona M. Morrison ◽  
Andrew W. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Age Of Acquisition ◽  
Naming Task ◽  
Naming Speed ◽  
Object Naming ◽  
Lexical Information ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Name Agreement ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Object Familiarity ◽  
Naming Latencies

Independent measures of age of acquisition (AoA), name agreement, and rated object familiarity were obtained from groups of British subjects for all items in the Snodgrass and Vanderwart (1980) picture set with single names. Word frequency measures, both written and spoken, were taken from the Celex database (Centre for Lexical Information, 1993). The line drawings were presented to a separate group of participants in an object naming task, and vocal naming latencies were recorded. A subset of 195 items was selected for analysis after excluding items with, for example, low name agreement. The major determinants of picture naming speed were the frequency of the name, the interaction between AoA and frequency, and name agreement. (The main effect of the AoA of the name and the effect of the rated image agreement of the picture were also significant on one-tailed tests.) Spoken name frequency affects object naming times mainly for items with later-acquired names.

Picture-naming agreement in monolingulas and biliguals

1994 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith P. Goggin ◽  
Patricia Estrada ◽  
Ronald P. Villarreal
Keyword(s):  
Word Frequency ◽  
Picture Naming ◽  
Word Length ◽  
Age Of Acquisition ◽  
Language Skill ◽  
Frequency Word ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Name Agreement ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTName agreement in Spanish and English in response to 264 pictures was assessed in monolinguals and in bilinguals, who varied in rated skill in the two languages. Most of the pictures were adapted from a standardized set of line drawings of common objects (Snodgrass & Vanderwart, 1980). Name agreement decreased as language skill decreased, and agreement was lower when labels were given in Spanish rather than in English. The relationship between name agreement and word frequency, word length, and (in the case of English) age of acquisition was assessed; both word frequency and word length were found to be related to agreement. Modal responses given by monolingual subjects were nearly identical in the two languages, and the types of non-modal responses were affected by both naming language and language skill.

Colour word Stroop test in Polish learners of English: No evidence that L2 proficiency matters

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-393
Author(s):  
Joanna Śmiecińska ◽  
Grzegorz Krynicki ◽  
Marta Sojkin
Keyword(s):  
Age Of Acquisition ◽  
Naming Speed ◽  
L2 Proficiency ◽  
English Version ◽  
Word Test ◽  
L2 Processing ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
Colour Word ◽  
Linguistic Interference ◽  
L1 English

Abstract The aim of our study was to test whether and how the proficiency level in L2 affects the amount of within-language interference in Stroop colour word test (Polish as L1, English as L2); as well as to test whether and how the proficiency level in L2 affects colour naming speed in this L2, based on a study on 50 Polish students (age M = 20.8, SD = 1.6) at varying levels of English proficiency and age of acquisition > 7. The English version of Golden et al. (2002) Stroop Colour and Word Test and its Polish counterpart were used. The results show that in late unbalanced bilinguals the within-language interference was smaller in L2 than in L1 and its amount was not affected by L2 proficiency level; and that colour naming was slower in L2 than in L1, and the scores were not affected by L2 proficiency level. The implications of the study are discussed, concerning, among others, L2 processing in late unbalanced bilinguals. The popular claim that the pattern of the interplay between inter- and intra-linguistic interference in Stroop colour word test relates to proficiency level in L2 is challenged.

scholarly journals Determinants of lexical access in speech production: Role of word frequency and age of acquisition

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 999-1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Cuetos ◽  
Bernardo Alvarez ◽  
María González-Nosti ◽  
Alain Méot ◽  
Patrick Bonin
Keyword(s):  
Speech Production ◽  
Word Frequency ◽  
Lexical Access ◽  
Age Of Acquisition

scholarly journals Age of word acquisition effects in treatment of children with phonological delays

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUDITH A. GIERUT ◽  
MICHELE L. MORRISETTE
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Word Frequency ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Age Of Acquisition ◽  
Multiple Baseline ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Phonological Learning ◽  
Word Acquisition

ABSTRACTThe effects of the age of acquisition (AoA) of words were examined in the clinical treatment of 10 preschool children with phonological delays. Using a single-subject multiple-baseline experimental design, children were enrolled in one of four conditions that varied the AoA of the treated words (early vs. late acquired) relative to their corresponding word frequency (high vs. low frequency). Phonological generalization to treated and untreated sounds in error served as the dependent variable. Results showed that late acquired words induced greater generalization, with an effect size four times greater than early acquired words, whereas the effects of word frequency were minimized. Results are discussed relative to hypotheses about the role of AoA in language acquisition and the relevance of this variable for phonological learning.

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