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Modeling of word translation: Activation flow from concepts to lexical items

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2012

ARDI ROELOFS ,
TON DIJKSTRA  and
SVETLANA GERAKAKI
ARDI ROELOFS*
Affiliation:
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
TON DIJKSTRA
Affiliation:
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
SVETLANA GERAKAKI
Affiliation:
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
*
Address for correspondence: Ardi Roelofs, Radboud University Nijmegen, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognition, Spinoza Building B.01.08, Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HR Nijmegen, The Netherlands[email protected]
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Abstract

Whereas most theoretical and computational models assume a continuous flow of activation from concepts to lexical items in spoken word production, one prominent model assumes that the mapping of concepts onto words happens in a discrete fashion (Bloem & La Heij, 2003). Semantic facilitation of context pictures on word translation has been taken to support the discrete-flow model. Here, we report results of computer simulations with the continuous-flow WEAVER++ model (Roelofs, 1992, 2006) demonstrating that the empirical observation taken to be in favor of discrete models is, in fact, only consistent with those models and equally compatible with more continuous models of word production by monolingual and bilingual speakers. Continuous models are specifically and independently supported by other empirical evidence on the effect of context pictures on native word production.

Keywords

activation flowbilingualismcontext effectsmodelingword translation
Type
Research Article
Information
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 16 , Issue 2: Computational Modeling of Bilingualism , April 2013 , pp. 343 - 353
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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