Semantic convergence in the bilingual lexicon

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-290

  Ameel, Eef ^a   Malt, Barbara C ^b   Storms, Gert ^a   Van Assche, Fons ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rijksdienst Voor Arbeidsvoorziening   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bilingual lexicon; Naming; Semantic convergence; Typicality

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349117504     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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