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Words in the mind : an introduction to the mental lexicon

Title
Words in the mind : an introduction to the mental lexicon / Jean Aitchison.
Author
Aitchison, Jean, 1938-
Publication
Oxford, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Blackwell, 1987.

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Description
x, 229 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • Lexicology
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Psycholinguistics
  • psycholinguistics
  • Lexikologie
  • Semasiologie
  • Wortschatz
  • Wissensrepräsentation
  • Mentales Lexikon
  • Psycholinguistik
  • Sprachfertigkeit
  • Mentale lexicon
  • Linguistica
  • Psicolinguistica
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [208]-222.
Contents
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and symbols -- 1. Welcome to Dictionopolis!: The human word-store -- 2. Links in the Chain: Assessing the evidence -- 3. Programming Dumbella: Modelling the mental lexicon -- 4. Slippery Customers: Attempts to pin down the meaning of words -- 5. Bad Birds and Better Birds: Prototype theories -- 6. Whispering Chambers of the Imagination: Mental models -- 7. The Primordial Atomic Globule Hunt: The search for semantic primitives -- 8. Word-webs: Semantic networks -- 9. Lexical All-sorts: Parts of speech -- 10. Verb Power: The role of verbs -- 11. Bits of Words: The internal architecture of words -- 12. Taking Care of the Sounds: Dealing with the sound patterns -- 13. Drifting Words: Layering and meaning change -- 14. Interpreting Ice-cream Cones: Extending old words -- 15. Globbering Mattresses: Creating new words -- 16. What is a Bongaloo, Daddy?: How children learn the meaning of words -- 17. Aggergog Miggers, Wips and Gucks: How children cope with the sound structure of words -- 18. Seeking and Finding: Selecting words -- 19. Organized Guesswork: Recognizing words -- 20. Odd Arrangements and Funny Solutions: The organization of the mental lexicon -- 21. Last Word: Final comments and future questions -- Notes -- References -- Index.
ISBN
  • 0631144420
  • 9780631144427
  • 0631144412
  • 9780631144410
LCCN
86026443
OCLC
  • ocm14411876
  • 14411876
  • SCSB-1172033
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library