Lexical-semantic priming effects during infancy. by Arias-Trejo, N, Plunkett, K

“…Experiment 1 demonstrated a lexical-semantic priming effect for 21-month olds but not for 18-month olds: unrelated prime words interfered with linguistic target identification for 21-month olds. …”

Probing large language models for scalar adjective lexical semantics and scalar diversity pragmatics by Lin, F, Altshuler, D, Pierrehumbert, JB

“…We find that they encode rich lexical-semantic information about scalar adjectives. However, the rich lexical-semantic knowledge does not entail a good understanding of scalar diversity. …”

A neural network model of lexical-semantic competition during spoken word recognition by Duta, M, Plunkett, K

“…We present a neural network model that processes dynamic unfolding phonological representations of words and maps them to static internal lexical, semantic, and visual representations. The model, trained on representations derived from real corpora, simulates this early phonological over semantic/visual preference. …”

The grammaticalization of do-support in the northern Italian Camuno dialect by Swinburne, N

Subjects: “…Lexical semantics…”

Speech and language sequelae of severe malaria in Kenyan children. by Carter, J, Murira, G, Ross, A, Mung'ala-Odera, V, Newton, C

“…Assessments of comprehension, syntax, lexical semantics, higher level language abilities, pragmatics and phonology were administered to each child at 8-9 years of age, at least 2 years after admission to hospital in children exposed to severe malaria. …”

Continuity, divergence, and the evolution of brain language pathways. by Rilling, J, Glasser, M, Jbabdi, S, Andersson, J, Preuss, T

“…Based on these and other data, we argue that the arcuate fasciculus is likely to be the pathway most essential for higher-order aspects of human language such as syntax and lexical-semantics.…”

Continuity,divergence,and the evolution of brain language pathways by Rilling, K, Glasser, F, Jbabdi, S, Andersson, J, Preuss, M

“…Based on these and other data, we argue that the arcuate fasciculus is likely to be the pathway most essential for higher-order aspects of human language such as syntax and lexical-semantics.…”

Speech and Language Disorders in Kenyan Children: Adapting Tools For Regions With Few Assessment Resources. by Carter, J, Murira, G, Gona, J, Tumaini, J, Lees, J, Neville, BG, Newton, C

“…The assessment was based upon the adapted versions of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Test for the Reception of Grammar, Renfrew Action Picture Test, Pragmatics Profile of Everyday Communication Skills in Children, Test of Word Finding and language specific tests of lexical semantics, higher level language. Preliminary measures of construct validity suggested that the theoretical assumptions behind the construction of the assessments were appropriate and re-test and inter-rater reliability scores were acceptable. …”

Analogy in morphological change by Sims-Williams, H

“…In chapter 4, I test the common claim that diachrony is guided by a universal preference for one-to-one mapping of meaning and form in language, implemented via Universal Grammar, and in chapter 5, I consider the diachronic implications of a set of claims by Carstairs-McCarthy (1998), that the degree to which synchronic systems of inflectional morphology deviate from this ideal meaning-form relationship is limited by a set of constraints on the acquisition of lexical semantics. I test the predictions made by these teleological theories against systematic data from synchronic verbal paradigms in classical Greek, and their subsequent diachronic restructuring, and show that the theories are not supported by this evidence. …”

What's in a link: associative and taxonomic priming effects in the infant lexicon. by Arias-Trejo, N, Plunkett, K

“…Infants develop a lexical-semantic system of associatively and semantically related words by the end of the second year of life. …”

Tracking the associative boost in infancy by Plunkett, K, Delle Luche, C, Hills, T, Floccia, C

“…Our results demonstrate that 18-month-old infants are able to construct a lexical-semantic network based on associative and taxonomic relations between words in the network, and that lexical-semantic links are more robust when they are both associative and taxonomic in character. …”

The vocabulary spurt predicts the emergence of backward semantic inhibition in 18‐month‐old toddlers by Chow, ZL, Davies, AM, Fuentes, LJ, Plunkett, K

“…Our findings highlight the role of vocabulary growth in the development of inhibitory processes in the emerging lexical‐semantic system.…”

Dissociating the functional roles of arcuate fasciculus subtracts in speech production by Janssen, N, Kessels, RPC, Mars, RB, Llera, A, Beckmann, CF, Roelofs, A

“…Our findings provide strong evidence for a functional dissociation between the AF subtracts, namely a sublexical phonological mapping by the STG subtract and a lexical-semantic mapping by the MTG subtract. Our results contribute to the unraveling of a century-old controversy concerning the functional role in speech production of a major fiber tract involved in language.…”

Words in War-Time Project by Mugglestone, L

“…Clark’s wide-ranging documentation—with annotations, definitions, frequency statements, and citational evidence of lexical/semantic change during World War I, along with frequent comparisons to the Oxford English Dictionary—has, as part of the project, been transferred to a tagged and fully searchable database, enabling, as this essay examines, new insights into Clark’s interdisciplinary focus, his status as lexicographer, and the shifting patterns of language and lexical history in a period of critical change.…”

Context availability and sentence availability ratings for 3,000 English words and their association with lexical processing by Taylor, E, Nation, K, Hsiao, Y

“…Both variables were investigated alongside other word-level characteristics to explore lexical-semantic space. Analyses demonstrated that context availability and sentence availability are distinct. …”

Backward semantic inhibition in toddlers by Chow, J, Aimola Davies, A, Fuentes, L, Plunkett, K

“…Theoretical implications of the underlying mechanism of backward semantic inhibition and the development of lexical-semantic inhibition in early childhood are discussed.…”

Prime saliency in semantic priming with 18-month-olds by Gillen, N, Angulo-Chavira, AQ, Plunkett, K

“…The study also demonstrated the utility of the inter-modal priming task in studying lexical-semantic structure in younger infants with its diverse measures of infant behaviour.…”

Definitions in Chinese (-English) dictionaries for CFL learners from the user's cognitive perspective by Xue, H, Zhang, Y

“…Finally, a proposition is put forward to offer, from multidimensional levels, culturaly cognitive meaning and lexical-semantic relation of culture-bound lexical units in the form of prefabricated chunks, such as idiomatic expression, fixed or semi-fixed phrases. …”

Split intransitivity in old Japanese by You, Z

“…</p> <p>My original contribution to knowledge is a comprehensive investigation and in-depth analysis of the lexical-semantic aspects of split intransitivity in relation to its morpho-syntactic expressions in Old Japanese. …”

The formation and development of Latin medical vocabulary by Langslow, D, Langslow, David

“…These are (Ch.2:) the use of Greek medical terms within the Latin terminology; (Ch.3:) the use of semantic extension, that is the deployment of established Latin words with new, medical reference (<em>sutura</em> 'stitching' → 'cranial suture'); (Ch.4:) the minimal use of compounding (<em>dentifricium</em> 'tooth-rub'), and the use as single terminological units of lexicalised Noun Phrases, Noun + Adjective (<em>ignis sacer</em> a type of skin-disease) or Noun + Genitive (<em>difficultas urinae</em> 'dysury'), here called "Phrasal Terms"; (Ch.5:) the favouring of certain suffixes in deriving Nouns (and some Adjectives) and the striking correlation between suffix and the lexical-semantic field of the derivative (<em>-or</em> and clinical signs and symptoms: dolor, rubor).…”