Bilingual lexical development: a Persian-Swedish word association study.

Autor/in	Namei, Shidrokh
Titel	Bilingual lexical development: a Persian-Swedish word association study.
Quelle	In: International journal of applied linguistics, 14 (2004) 3, S. 363-388Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anhang; Anmerkungen 2; Literaturangaben; Grafiken; Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1473-4192
DOI	10.1111/j.1473-4192.2004.00070.x
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Assoziation; Experiment; Native Speaker; Semantik; Syntax; Wortschatz; Wortwahl; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Mentales Lexikon; Zweitsprachenerwerbsforschung; Bilingualismus; Persisch; Schwedisch
Abstract	Previous word association studies show that the first language (L1) mental lexicon is organized mainly on a semantic basis, while the organization of the second language (L2) mental lexicon in the early stages of development is phonologically based, indicating a less profound lexical knowledge. The study examines whether or not this is the case by comparing 100 Persian-Swedish bilingual subjects with 100 native speakers of Swedish and Persian. The elicitation instrument was the Kent-Rosanoff association list (1910), and the subjects' task was to give a single-word response to each stimulus word. The results show that phonologically-based associations occur in both the L1 and the L2 as a function of the degree of word knowledge. Phonologically-based organization is a primary acquisition feature of every individual word, and it is not abandoned even during the advanced stages of language proficiency, whether in the L1 or the L2. It was found that words that are barely known may elicit phonologically-based associations, those that are partially known may have a strong syntactic organization, and well-known words are connected to other words mainly on a semantic basis. (Verlag, adapt.).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2023/1