The Associative Structure of the Mental Lexicon: Hierarchical Semantic Relations in the Minds of Blind and Sighted Language Users
This paper concerns the role of hierarchical semantic relations: class inclusion and partwhole relations as factors organising the mental lexicon, and the dependence of their importance on visual perception and visual memories, as demonstrated by the results of a free association task. 58 blind and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2015-05-01
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| Series: | Psychology of Language and Communication |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/plc-2015-0001 |