LINA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lexical Decision Task, Psycholinguistics, Word Association
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Most of psycholinguistics cannot be observed, have to be inferred on the basis of behavior. Slips of the tongue spoonerisms: the initial consonants are usually switched between words. Tells us that sentences must be planned before they"re said: bases that morphemes are attached to are switched as well. This tells that morphemes, not words, are the basis of the sentences. Words as primitives: each word is a separate entry in the mental lexicon. Morphemes as primitives: when we process speech, we decompose morphemes in order to sort them: this has the advantage of lexical economy, lexical decision task. Subject must decide whether a word on a screen is a word or not. They are studied based on their response time/response latency (time it takes to respond) and response accuracy. They have to use their mental lexicon in order to make their decision.
