The Relationship Between Vocabulary Size and Lexical Automaticity
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- ISO Tatsuo
- Reitaku University
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 語彙サイズと語彙自動性の関係
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between two dimensions of vocabulary knowledge, namely vocabulary size and automaticity with a newly developed test that measures vocabulary size and lexical access tme in a single administration. The test was administered to two proficiency-based groups of Japanese learners of English majoring in foreign languages (N=88). The results of the test showed that the overall means of both vocabulary size and lexical access time strongly correlated with frequency levels of the words used in the test. However, no correlation was found between vocaburaly size and lexical access time when participants' individual data were analyzed. Furthermore, there was a tendency for participants with higher proficiency in English to score higher in terms of vocabulary size, whereas such a tendency was not observed for lexical access time data, which was contradictory to the findings of earlier studies. The possible reasons for the inconsistency are discussed in the target words.
Journal
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- ARELE: Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan
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ARELE: Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan 25 (0), 175-189, 2014
The Japan Society of English Language Education
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282680798942592
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- NII Article ID
- 110009930601
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- ISSN
- 24320412
- 13448560
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed