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- Title
Simulating Word Associations in an L2: Approaches to Lexical Organisation.
- Authors
Meara, Paul
- Abstract
This paper describes a set of simulations which explore the way different features of lexical organisation affect the probability of finding a pair of associated words in a set of five randomly selected words. The simulation is equivalent to giving Ss a set of five words and asking if they can identify a pair of associated words among them. The paper speculates that it might be possible to extrapolate from a simple test of this sort and derive some interesting claims about the number of links connecting words in L2 speakers' lexicons.
- Subjects
VOCABULARY; WORD order (Grammar); LEXICON; SENTENCES (Grammar); LINGUISTICS; SIMULATION methods &; models
- Publication
International Journal of English Studies, 2007, Vol 7, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1578-7044
- Publication type
Article