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THE POLYSEMY ADVANTAGE IN LEXICAL ACCESS: THE ROLE OF CONTEXT AVAILABILITY AND ORTHOGRAPHIC NEIGHBORHOOD VARIABLES

Rice, Caitlin (2017) THE POLYSEMY ADVANTAGE IN LEXICAL ACCESS: THE ROLE OF CONTEXT AVAILABILITY AND ORTHOGRAPHIC NEIGHBORHOOD VARIABLES. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

In this study we examine the interactions between lexical and semantic variables during lexical decision. We replicate findings that semantically ambiguous words with related senses (polysemes) have an advantage in lexical decision. However, we report a reversal of the traditional concreteness effect, such that there is a disadvantage for words high in concreteness. Furthermore, we report an advantage for words high in context availability but note that this advantage is qualified by both contextual diversity and orthographic neighborhood frequency. In contrast to past findings, ambiguity and context availability did not interact, although a novel interaction of ambiguity and contextual diversity is reported. We discuss the implications of these findings for the context availability hypothesis (Schwanenflugel & Shoben, 1983).

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Item Type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
Status: Unpublished
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Rice, Caitlincar120@pitt.educar1200000-0002-2574-3201
ETD Committee:
TitleMemberEmail AddressPitt UsernameORCID
Committee ChairTokowicz, Natashatokowicz@pitt.edutokowicz
Committee MemberFraundorf, Scottsfraundo@pitt.edusfraundo
Committee MemberDickey, Michaelmdickey@pitt.edumdickey
Date: 15 June 2017
Date Type: Publication
Defense Date: 3 March 2017
Approval Date: 15 June 2017
Submission Date: 13 April 2017
Access Restriction: 5 year -- Restrict access to University of Pittsburgh for a period of 5 years.
Number of Pages: 63
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Psychology
Degree: MS - Master of Science
Thesis Type: Master's Thesis
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: lexical access; lexical decision; semantic ambiguity; concreteness; context availability; contextual diversity; polysemy
Date Deposited: 15 Jun 2017 23:24
Last Modified: 15 Jun 2022 05:15
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/31461

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