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The mental lexicon: evidence from lexical diffusion.

B S Phillips1

  • 1Indiana State University, Terre Haute 47809, USA. ejphill@root.indstate.edu

Brain and Language
|August 6, 1999
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Lexical diffusion studies reveal the mental lexicon is connectionist, not generative. This research supports a detailed model of word storage, incorporating grammatical and phonetic information, and word frequency.

Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • The nature of the mental lexicon is a central question in linguistics and psycholinguistics.
  • Understanding how words are stored and accessed is crucial for explaining language processing.
  • Previous models have varied in their assumptions about lexical representation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize evidence from lexical diffusion studies of sound changes.
  • To propose specific characteristics of the mental lexicon based on this evidence.
  • To advocate for a connectionist model of lexical organization.

Main Methods:

  • Review and integration of empirical findings from studies on lexical diffusion.
  • Analysis of how sound change patterns inform lexical structure.

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  • Theoretical argumentation for a connectionist approach.

    • Main Results:

    • Lexical diffusion data support a connectionist, rather than a generative, mental lexicon.
    • Evidence suggests lexical entries contain grammatical category information.
    • Findings indicate the necessity of lexical frequency and phonetic detail in lexical entries.

    Conclusions:

    • Lexical diffusion studies provide robust support for a fully specified, connectionist model of the mental lexicon.
    • This model accounts for the dynamic and detailed nature of word representation.
    • The findings have implications for theories of language acquisition and change.