Publications

Publication details [#50137]

Fitzpatrick, Tess. 2007. Word association patterns: unpacking the assumptions. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 17 (3) : 319–331.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

association | behavior | first language acquisition | second language acquisition | word

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/ijal

Annotation

This study on first and second language word association patterns, examines the possibly problematic assumption that native (English)-speaker responses are relatively homogeneous and predictable. Whilst individual (native English) speaker response behaviour is predictable, it is not homogeneous.