Word associations of intermediate and advanced learners of english as a foreign language and of english native speakers: probing into lexical network knowledge
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Alexis Fernández Lara
Universidad Santo Tomás, Sede Talca, Av. Carlos Schorr Nº 255, Talca
Resumo
In this research study, the analysis of word associations produced by intermediate and advanced learners of English, and native speakers of English using a productive Word Association Task, and a receptive Word Connection Test will be performed. These tests intend to reveal the structure of the mental lexicon of native speakers and L2 learners and to assess the type of lexical knowledge they possess. In the productive test, informants are asked to respond to a list of prompt words with the first word that comes to mind. It is assumed that the answers given are those which the informants have the fastest access to. In the receptive Word Associates test, informants are asked to choose, from a set of eight words, four lexical items which are meaning-related to the stimulus word. The objective is to analyse the differences in the mental lexicon between learners and native speakers of English in such aspects as size and structural properties.
Palavras-chave:
mental lexicon, breadth, depth, words, lexical knowledge
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