Configuring the Phonological Organization of the Mental Lexicon Using Syntactic and Semantic Information

Monica Tamariz

Configuring the Phonological Organization of the Mental Lexicon Using Syntactic and Semantic Information

Monica Tamariz

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This paper tests the hypothesis that the lexicon structure responds to two opposed pressures. First, the pressure for isomorphic representations means that words that occur in similar contexts tend to sound similar. Second, the pressure for disambiguation needs a way to distinguish the similar-sounding words that occur in similar contexts. This corpus-based study finds that while some aspects of the phonological organization of the lexicon respond to the first pressure, others respond to the second. The results presented here support the idea of a complex lexicon able to find solutions and adapt its structure to disparate, often conflicting pressures

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of Cognitive Science Society
Editors	Bruno G. Bara, Lawrence Barsalou , Monica Bucciarelli
Publisher	Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-9768318-1-5
ISBN (Print)	0-9768318-1-3
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	27th Annual Conference of Cognitive Science Society - Stresa, Italy Duration: 21 Jul 2005 → 23 Jul 2005

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Conference	27th Annual Conference of Cognitive Science Society
Abbreviated title	CogSci 2005
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Stresa
Period	21/07/05 → 23/07/05

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Configuring the Phonological Organization of the Mental Lexicon Using Syntactic and Semantic Information. / Tamariz, Monica.
Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of Cognitive Science Society. ed. / Bruno G. Bara; Lawrence Barsalou ; Monica Bucciarelli . Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005.

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