PSY274H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Weasel Word, Implicature, Stroop Effect
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How are words and their concepts paired and represented in the mind: shared/interdependent storage hypothesis = in memory, 2 perceptual patterns from l1 and l2 are stored with the concept. For concrete words, there are overlapping links for l1 and l2. For abstract words, less overlapping links: revised hierarchical model: linguistic component of a word, and its meaning are stored at diferent levels or representation. Link between l1 word and concept is strong. Link between l2 word and concept is weak. Link from l2 word to l1 word is strong. Understanding l2 word by referring to similar/equivalent l1 word. When bilinguals encounter a word: language selective view = only the lexicon of language being used currently activated, language non-selective view = both lexicon are activated. But intrusion from the irrelevant lexicon is short lived. As a work is spoken out by speaker, hearer has candidate-words which can be from both l1 and l2 initially.
