The nature of lexical associations in a foreign language
Valence, arousal and concreteness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21697495 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clara Planchuelo (0000-0002-7425-7074, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), José A Hinojosa (0000-0002-7482-9503, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Jon Andoni Duñabeitia (0000-0002-3312-8559, Universidad Nebrija, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 835-844 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bilingualism Language and Cognition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1366-7289 • E-ISSN: 1469-1841 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1366728924000117 |
| OpenAlex | W4392550702 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 77 |
Recent studies suggest that similarity in emotional features and concreteness are critical cues underlying word association in native speakers. However, the lexical organization of a foreign language is less understood. This study aims to examine the structure of word associations within the mental lexicon of a foreign (English) and a native language. To this end, 145 native Spanish-speakers produced three lexical associates to cue words in both the foreign and native language. We observed that the associates were more neutrally valenced in the foreign language. Moreover, as cue words increased in their arousal, the produced associates were less arousing in the foreign language. Thus, the structure of these lexical associations could account for prior evidence of emotional detachment in foreign languages. Finally, as cues were more abstract, the foreign language associates were more abstract. Our findings revealed that the linguistic context modulated the lexical associations
Arousal · Cognitive psychology · Concreteness · Linguistics · Chemistry · Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |