Semantic ambiguity norms for 530 Spanish words

This study presents semantic ambiguity norms for 530 Spanish words. Two subjective measures of semantic ambiguity and two subjective measures of relatedness of ambiguous word meanings were collected. In addition, two objective measures of semantic ambiguity were included. Furthermore, subjective rat...

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Published inApplied psycholinguistics Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 457 - 475
Main Authors HARO, JUAN, FERRÉ, PILAR, BOADA, ROGER, DEMESTRE, JOSEP
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.03.2017
Subjects
Ambiguity
Ambiguity (Semantics)
Arousal
Familiarity
Language Processing
Lexical semantics
Semantics
Spanish language
Studies
Valence
Word meaning
Word Recognition
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Summary:This study presents semantic ambiguity norms for 530 Spanish words. Two subjective measures of semantic ambiguity and two subjective measures of relatedness of ambiguous word meanings were collected. In addition, two objective measures of semantic ambiguity were included. Furthermore, subjective ratings were obtained for some relevant lexicosemantic variables, such as concreteness, familiarity, emotional valence, arousal, and age of acquisition. In sum, the database overcomes some of the limitations of the published databases of Spanish ambiguous words; in particular, the scarcity of measures of ambiguity, the lack of relatedness of ambiguous word meanings measures, and the absence of a set of unambiguous words. Thus, it will be very helpful for researchers interested in exploring semantic ambiguity as well as for those using semantic ambiguous words to study language processing in clinical populations.
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ISSN:0142-7164
1469-1817
DOI:10.1017/S0142716416000266