The role of semantic diversity in lexical organization

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2 SPL.ISSUE, 2012, Pages 115-124

  Jones, Michael N ^a   Johns, Brendan T ^a   Recchia, Gabriel ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive model; frequency; lexical access; semantics; word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865081663     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026727     Document Type: Conference Paper

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