TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of polysemy for Japanese katakana words
AU - Hino, Yasushi
AU - Lupker, Stephen J.
AU - Sears, Chris R.
AU - Ogawa, Taeko
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - In these experiments, the effects of polysemy were examined as a function of word frequency for Japanese katakana words, words which have consistent character-to-sound correspondences. In the lexical decision task, an additive relationship was observed between polysemy and frequency (i.e., polysemy effects were identical for high and low frequency katakana words). In the naming task, although no word frequency effect was observed, there was a significant polysemy effect which, as in the lexical decision task, was identical for high and low frequency words. The implications of these results for conclusions about the loci of polysemy and frequency effects in lexical decision and naming tasks are discussed.
AB - In these experiments, the effects of polysemy were examined as a function of word frequency for Japanese katakana words, words which have consistent character-to-sound correspondences. In the lexical decision task, an additive relationship was observed between polysemy and frequency (i.e., polysemy effects were identical for high and low frequency katakana words). In the naming task, although no word frequency effect was observed, there was a significant polysemy effect which, as in the lexical decision task, was identical for high and low frequency words. The implications of these results for conclusions about the loci of polysemy and frequency effects in lexical decision and naming tasks are discussed.
KW - Dual-route and PDF framework
KW - Lexical decision and naming of katakana words
KW - Lexical-selection accounts
KW - Polysemy and frequency effects
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U2 - 10.1023/a:1008060924384
DO - 10.1023/a:1008060924384
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0040810304
VL - 10
SP - 395
EP - 424
JO - Reading and Writing
JF - Reading and Writing
SN - 0922-4777
IS - 3-5
ER -