Subjective age-of-acquisition norms for 7,039 Spanish words
María Angeles Alonso1, Angel Fernandez, Emiliano Díez
1Facultad de Psicologia, Universidad de La Laguna, Campus de Guajara, 38205, La Laguna, Spain, maalonso@ull.es.
Abstract:
Subjective estimations of age of acquisition (AoA) for a large pool of Spanish words were collected from college students in Spain. The average score for each word (based on 50 individual responses, on a scale from 1 to 11) was taken as an AoA indicator, and normative values for a total of 7,039 single words are provided as supplemental materials. Beyond its intrinsic value as a standalone corpus, the largest of its kind for Spanish, the value of the database is enhanced by the fact that it contains most of the words that are currently included in other normative studies, allowing for a more complete characterization of the lexical stimuli that are usually employed in studies with Spanish-speaking participants. The norms are available for downloading as supplemental materials with this article.
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