This study investigates the depth of lexical knowledge in first language (L1) speakers and second language
(L2) learners in reference to hierarchical word knowledge. Eighty-eight participants took part in a lexical
decision task that assessed their speed and accuracy in recognizing words and nonwords. Prime and target pairs in the
lexical decision task were related words (hyponynm to hypernym and hypernym to hyponym), unrelated words, or word
to nonwords. The findings indicate bidirectional priming in L1 participants such that associated pairs (hyponynm
to hypernym and hypernym to hyponym) were processed faster than unrelated words. For L2 participants, unidirectional
priming effects were reported for the hyponynm to hypernym condition only. These findings provide evidence that
hierarchical lexical networks characterize L1 lexicons but not L2 networks. Such findings provide important information
about the organizational properties of L1 and L2 lexicons.
Berger, Cynthia, Scott Crossley & Stephen Skalicky
2019. USING LEXICAL FEATURES TO INVESTIGATE SECOND LANGUAGE LEXICAL DECISION PERFORMANCE. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 41:5 ► pp. 911 ff.
Berger, Cynthia M, Scott A Crossley & Kristopher Kyle
2019. Using Native-Speaker Psycholinguistic Norms to Predict Lexical Proficiency and Development in Second-Language Production. Applied Linguistics 40:1 ► pp. 22 ff.
Crossley, Scott A & Stephen Skalicky
2019. Making sense of polysemy relations in first and second language speakers of English. International Journal of Bilingualism 23:2 ► pp. 400 ff.
Ferré, Pilar, Marc Guasch, Teófilo García-Chico & Rosa Sánchez-Casas
2015. Are There Qualitative Differences in the Representation of Abstract and Concrete Words? Within-Language and Cross-Language Evidence from the Semantic Priming Paradigm. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 68:12 ► pp. 2402 ff.
Gagné, Christina L., Thomas L. Spalding, Patricia Spicer, Dixie Wong, Beatriz Rubio & Karen Perez Cruz
2020. Is buttercup a kind of cup? Hyponymy and semantic transparency in compound words. Journal of Memory and Language 113 ► pp. 104110 ff.
Kim, YouJin & Marije Michel
2023. Linguistic alignment in second language acquisition: A methodological review. System 115 ► pp. 103007 ff.
Opitz, Andreas & Denisa Bordag
2020. Word Category Conversion Revisited: The Case of Adjectives and Participles in L1 and L2 German. Frontiers in Psychology 11
Pozdnyakova, E. M.
2013. BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAMS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND REGIONAL STUDIES: A COMPETENCE-BASED APPROACH TO PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES. MGIMO Review of International Relations :6(33) ► pp. 101 ff.
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