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1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2. apaivio@uwo.ca
Abstract:
Elman (2009) proposed that the traditional role of the mental lexicon in language processing can largely be replaced by a theoretical model of schematic event knowledge founded on dynamic context-dependent variables. We evaluate Elman's approach and propose an alternative view, based on dual coding theory and evidence that modality-specific cognitive representations contribute strongly to word meaning and language performance across diverse contexts which also have effects predictable from dual coding theory.
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