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Brocher, Andreas, Foraker, Stephani ORCID: 0000-0001-6819-484X and Koenig, Jean-Pierre (2016). Processing of Irregular Polysemes in Sentence Reading. J. Exp. Psychol.-Learn. Mem. Cogn., 42 (11). S. 1798 - 1814. WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC. ISSN 1939-1285

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Abstract

The degree to which meanings are related in memory affects ambiguous word processing. We examined irregular polysemes, which have related senses based on similar or shared features rather than a relational rule, like regular polysemy. We tested to what degree the related meanings of irregular polysemes (wire) are represented with shared semantic information versus unshared information represented separately, like homonyms (bank). Monitoring eye fixations, we found that later context supporting the less frequent meaning of an irregular polyseme did not slow down reading compared with control conditions, whereas for homonyms it did. This indicates that in the absence of preceding biasing context, readers access a shared component of an irregular polyseme's representation. Additionally, when the same context words preceded the ambiguous word, both irregular polysemes and homonyms initially elicited longer reading times, but the observed reading slow-down was weaker and less persistent for irregular polysemes than homonyms, indicating less competition between meaning components. We interpret these results as evidence of a shared features representation for irregular polysemes, which additionally incorporates unshared portions of meaning that can compete. When preceding, biasing context is available, readers activate shared and unshared components of the senses, producing a more fully instantiated meaning.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Brocher, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Foraker, Stephani UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6819-484X UNSPECIFIED Koenig, Jean-Pierre UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-256223
DOI:	10.1037/xlm0000271
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Exp. Psychol.-Learn. Mem. Cogn.
Volume:	42
Number:	11
Page Range:	S. 1798 - 1814
Date:	2016
Publisher:	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
Place of Publication:	WASHINGTON
ISSN:	1939-1285
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language LEXICAL AMBIGUITY RESOLUTION; CONTEXTUAL STRENGTH; EYE-MOVEMENTS; SEMANTIC AMBIGUITY; PRIOR ENCOUNTER; FIXATION TIMES; WORD-FREQUENCY; BIAS; MEANINGS; REPRESENTATION Multiple languages Psychology; Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/25622