Lexical Decision Based on Homograph's meaning Frequency and Working Memory

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10.2991/msetasse-16.2016.126How to use a DOI?

Keywords

lexical ambiguity; homograph; context, working memory.

Abstract

Words that have more than one meaning are called homographs. Homographs create lexical ambiguity, where listeners have to determine which meaning of the word was intended. Past studies noted the importance of context and working memory on lexical decision. The congruency between context and another word presented afterwards generates faster response; higher working memory facilitates robust switch between different meanings, which leads to faster response also. Our research examined the effect of homograph's meaning frequency and working memory on lexical decision. However, we focus on the subordinate context as the basis for lexical response. Based on the past findings, we expected to see that the congruency between context and target word led to faster lexical response.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 4th International Conference on Management Science, Education Technology, Arts, Social Science and Economics (msetasse-16)
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