scholarly journals Bilingual Lexical Representation and Its Access

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
Chunlei Wang ◽  
Na Li
Keyword(s):  
Lexical Access ◽  
Cognitive Structure ◽  
Morphological Structure ◽  
Lexical Representation ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Linguistic Knowledge ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Linguistic Representation ◽  
Phonological Structure ◽  
Original Intention

The purpose of this paper is to explore the terminology, concepts and access to bilingual lexical representation. The core problem of linguistic cognitive structure is linguistic representation which is the reflection of individual psychology on linguistic knowledge. In terms of linguistic representation, the research and experiments on the evidence of lexical representation in modern psycholinguistic period are reviewed. Psycholinguistic studies attempt to apply elucidate language theories and model systems to operate and interpret representational data. We recognize that the use of the concept of lexical representation may contribute to the search for "psychological grammar" .Moreover, we present the original intention of studying bilingual representation and three approaches of the bilingual lexical representation: lexical meaning, direct representation of reality, functional representations. Our focuses are models of lexical access, variables that influence lexical access and appraising models of lexical access. Then we represent models of lexical access, which are influenced by variety of factors, including the frequency of a word, its phonological structure, its syntactic category, its morphological structure, the presence of semantically related words, and the existence of alternative meaning of the word. It is concluded that bilingual lexical representation access is influenced by a variety of factors.

Morphological Structure, Lexical Representation and Lexical Access

1998 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 445
Author(s):  
Laurie Beth Feldman ◽  
Dominiek Sandra ◽  
Marcus Taft
Keyword(s):  
Lexical Access ◽  
Morphological Structure ◽  
Lexical Representation

Phonology-based bilingual activation among different-script bilinguals?

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (04) ◽  
pp. 693-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
NAN JIANG
Keyword(s):  
Computational Model ◽  
Lexical Access ◽  
Basic Mechanism ◽  
Lexical Representation ◽  
Selective Activation ◽  
Lexical Activation ◽  
Simultaneous Activation ◽  
Multiple Languages

Multilink developed by Dijkstra et al. (2018) is a computational model of monolingual and bilingual lexical access in comprehension and production. The non-selective activation of a bilingual's two languages is handled in the model by assuming that bilinguals have an integrated lexicon and that orthographic overlap between the input and the lexical representation drives lexical activation. Hence, an orthographic unit such as the letter T may activate words from multiple languages that contain the letter, resulting in simultaneous activation of multiple languages. This basic mechanism for explaining non-selective activation is similar between Multilink and its predecessors BIA and BIA+.

scholarly journals Real-time Functional Architecture of Visual Word Recognition

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Whiting ◽  
Yury Shtyrov ◽  
William Marslen-Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Visual Word Recognition ◽  
Morphological Structure ◽  
Masked Priming ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Visual Word ◽  
Functional Architecture ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Complex Words

Despite a century of research into visual word recognition, basic questions remain unresolved about the functional architecture of the process that maps visual inputs from orthographic analysis onto lexical form and meaning and about the units of analysis in terms of which these processes are conducted. Here we use magnetoencephalography, supported by a masked priming behavioral study, to address these questions using contrasting sets of simple (walk), complex (swimmer), and pseudo-complex (corner) forms. Early analyses of orthographic structure, detectable in bilateral posterior temporal regions within a 150–230 msec time frame, are shown to segment the visual input into linguistic substrings (words and morphemes) that trigger lexical access in left middle temporal locations from 300 msec. These are primarily feedforward processes and are not initially constrained by lexical-level variables. Lexical constraints become significant from 390 msec, in both simple and complex words, with increased processing of pseudowords and pseudo-complex forms. These results, consistent with morpho-orthographic models based on masked priming data, map out the real-time functional architecture of visual word recognition, establishing basic feedforward processing relationships between orthographic form, morphological structure, and lexical meaning.

scholarly journals Study on Identification of Lexical Meaning in E-C Translation of English for Electric Power

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Xue Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Morphological Structure ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Translation Practice ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Power Needs ◽  
Crucial Part

As one of the branch of English for Science and Technology, English for Electric Power bears the characteristic of professionalism in meaning and flexible in lexis. As key components in professional literatures, lexis of English for Electric Power needs to be paid enough attention and accurately identified in order to precisely comprehend professional reading materials. This paper focuses on solving the problem of identifying Electric English vocabulary precisely by analyzing the determination of the professional lexis from three aspects of morphological structure, reference relations and context. Distinguishing the meaning of Electric Power English vocabulary is a crucial part in the translation practice of Electric Power English, which  plays a vital role in ultimately understand and grasp the content of professional materials fully.

Cumulative semantic interference across unrelated responses in school-age children's picture naming

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Monique CHAREST ◽  
Tieghan BAIRD
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Lexical Access ◽  
Picture Naming ◽  
Linear Increase ◽  
Ordinal Position ◽  
Lexical Representation ◽  
School Age ◽  
Interference Effects ◽  
Semantic Interference ◽  
School Aged Children

Abstract Naming semantically related images results in progressively slower responses as more images are named. There is considerable documentation in adults of this phenomenon, known as cumulative semantic interference. Few studies have focused on this phenomenon in children. The present research investigated cumulative semantic interference effects in school-aged children. In Study 1, children named a series of contiguous, semantically related pictures. The results revealed no cumulative interference effects. Study 2 utilized an approach more closely aligned with adult methods, incorporating intervening, unrelated items intermixed with semantically related items within a continuous list. Study 2 showed a linear increase in reaction time as a function of ordinal position within semantic sets. These findings demonstrate cumulative semantic interference effects in young, school-aged children that are consistent with experience-driven changes in the connections that underlie lexical access. They invite further investigation of how children's lexical representation and processing are shaped by speaking experiences.

Cracking Prosody in Articulatory Phonology

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-53
Author(s):  
Dani Byrd ◽  
Jelena Krivokapić
Keyword(s):  
Vocal Tract ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Prosodic Structure ◽  
Cognitive Representation ◽  
Articulatory Phonology ◽  
Linguistic Representation ◽  
Dynamical Approach ◽  
Phonological Structure ◽  
Activation Dynamics ◽  
Key Aspects

Articulatory Phonology advances an account of phonological structure in which dynamically defined vocal tract tasks—gestures—are simultaneously and isomorphically units of cognitive representation and units of physical action. This paradigm has fundamentally altered our understanding of the linguistic representation of words. This article reviews the relatively recent incorporation of prosody into Articulatory Phonology. A capsule review of the Articulatory Phonology theoretical framework is presented, and the notions of phrasal and prominence organization are introduced as the key aspects of linguistic prosodic structure under consideration. Parameter dynamics, activation dynamics, and prosodic modulation gestures, such as the π-gesture, are outlined. The review is extended to touch on rhythm, intonation, and pauses and to consider innovations for integrating multiple aspects of prosodic structure under this dynamical approach. Finally, a range of questions emerges, crystallizing outstanding issues ranging from the abstract and theoretical to the interactive and functional.

scholarly journals Constructing a Second Language

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 277-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Dąbrowska
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Special Section ◽  
First Language ◽  
Linguistic Knowledge ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
L1 Acquisition ◽  
The Relationship

All the papers in this special section address issues central to cognitive linguistics research: usage-based models with their focus on frequency; multi-word units and the relationship between lexical and grammatical knowledge; and the nature of lexical meaning, especially construal or “thinking for speaking”. Cognitive Linguistics is thus clearly a useful paradigm for L2 research. The contributors also emphasise that many of the processes operating in L1 acquisition are relevant in L2A as well. In this paper, I discuss the opposite side of the coin: how cognitively-inspired L2 research can inform work on first language learning and theoretical linguistics, focussing in particular on three issues that have been extensively studied in an L2 context but neglected by the other language sciences: transfer of knowledge between constructions, the role of explicit learning, and individual differences in linguistic knowledge.

Electrifying the lexical decision

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Azevedo ◽  
Ruth Ann Atchley ◽  
Eva Kehayia
Keyword(s):  
Lexical Decision ◽  
Lexical Decision Task ◽  
Lexical Access ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Lexical Processing ◽  
Lexical Representation ◽  
Decision Task ◽  
Lexical Status ◽  
Word Level ◽  
Four Blocks

The current research utilizes lexical decision within an oddball ERP paradigm to study early lexical processing. Nineteen undergraduate students completed four blocks of the oddball lexical decision task (Nonword targets among Words, Word targets among Nonwords, Word targets among Pseudowords, and Pseudoword targets among Words). We observed a reliable P3 ERP component in conditions where the distinction between rare and frequent trials could be made solely based on lexical status (Words among Nonwords and Nonwords among Words). We saw a reliable P3 to rare words among frequent pseudowords, but no P3 was observed when participants were asked to detect pseudowords in the context of frequent word stimuli. We argue that this observed modulation of the P3 results is consistent with psycholinguistic literature that suggests that two criteria are available during lexical access when performing a lexicality judgement, a non-lexical criterion that relies on global activation at the word level and a lexical criterion that relies on activation of a lexical representation (Coltheart, Rastle, Perry, Langdon, & Ziegler, 2001; Grainger & Jacobs, 1996).

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document