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García-Gámez, Ana B.; Macizo, Pedro – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
We compared 2 learning methods for the acquisition of vocabulary in a second language (L2). In addition, the use of the new L2 words was evaluated both in isolation and within sentences. In the semantic method, L2 words and pictures denoting their meanings were presented and participants learned by practicing a semantic categorization task (to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Sentences, Semantics
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Plaut, David C.; Gonnerman, Laura M. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2000
Carried out simulations in which a set of morphologically-related words varying in semantic transparency were embedded in either a morphologically rich language (Hebrew) or an impoverished artificial language. Found that morphological priming increased with degree of semantic transparency in both languages. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Artificial Languages, Cognitive Processes, Hebrew, Language Processing