Word frequency and morphological family size effects on the accuracy and speed of lexical access in school‐aged bilingual students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12114122 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neda Akbari (University of Canberra, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 311-328 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0802-6106 • E-ISSN: 1473-4192 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ijal.12113 |
| OpenAlex | W1846683939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 48 |
This study investigated whether school‐aged bilingual students demonstrate word frequency and morphological family size ( MFS ) effects for written L 2 words, and if so, the extent to which the effects are present for bilingual students in different grades. The study revealed both word frequency and MFS effects for the bilingual students in relation to the accuracy of their responses. The bilingual students were less accurate in response to mid and low‐frequency words and words with a very small morphological family compared to the monolingual students. Despite that, they demonstrated similar speed of access to the written L 2 words in different frequency ranges and with different MFS s. The findings were discussed in terms of the strength of connections between the form and meaning of words
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