Naslov
Word associations in English as L1 and L2

Autori
Auguštin, Marina

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, diplomski rad, diplomski

Fakultet
Filozofski fakultet

Mjesto
Zagreb

Datum
30.09

Godina
2020

Stranica
37

Mentor
Zovko Dinković, Irena

Ključne riječi
mental lexicon, word association test, language proficiency, concreteness, imageability

Sažetak
The organization of the human mental lexicon has been explored for many years through various psychological experiments. This paper focuses on exploring and comparing the first- and the second-language mental lexicon with the help of a word association test. Native and non-native (Croatian) speakers of English provided their associations to twenty words written in English, which were then analysed according to a modified version of a categorization system proposed by Tess Fitzpatrick. This categorization system allowed for a thorough comparison of response type tendencies in L1 and L2. Furthermore, a separate analysis of the responses produced by lower and higher English proficiency non-native speakers was used to explore the effect of language proficiency on the results. Lastly, the effects of concreteness and imageability of cue words on associations were investigated by comparing the responses elicited by words of different levels of concreteness and words of different levels of imageability. The paper attempts to provide an insight into the organization of an L1 and an L2 mental lexicon and how their similarities and differences are affected by L2 proficiency. Additionally, it includes indications of the influence of concreteness and imageability levels of cue words on the association links activated both in L1 and L2 .

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

POVEZANOST RADA