Balance of meaning probabilities in processing of Serbian homonymy
Abstract
The research deals with the set of Serbian homonymous nouns (nouns with multiple unrelated meanings) presented in the norming study and in the visual lexical decision task experiment. Native speakers listed the meanings of homonymous words and provided word familiarity and word concreteness ratings. Accordingly, the first database of Serbian homonyms was constructed containing subjective meanings of homonymous nouns along with the estimated meaning probabilities, as well as a number of meanings, redundancy and entropy of the distribution of meaning probabilities, word familiarity and word concreteness. The processing disadvantage of homonymous nouns over unambiguous nouns was replicated in the visual lexical decision task. Additionally, the processing of homonymous nouns was linked with redundancy: the information theory measure of the balance of meaning probabilities. The results revealed that homonyms with higher redundancy of the meaning probability distribution (i.e., unbalanced me...aning probabilities) were processed faster. This finding was in accordance with the hypothesis derived from the Semantic Settling Dynamics account of the processing of ambiguous words, according to which the competition among the unrelated meanings derived the processing disadvantage in homonymy. However, the same pattern was not observed for the number of meanings and entropy, inviting for further research of the processing of ambiguous words.
Keywords:
visual lexical decision task / redundancy / number of meanings / homonymy / entropySource:
Primenjena psihologija, 2019, 12, 3, 283-304Publisher:
- Univerzitet u Novom Sadu - Filozofski fakultet - Odsek za psihologiju, Novi Sad
Funding / projects:
- Fundamental cognitive processes and functions (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-179033)
- Psychological foundations of mental health: hereditary and environmental factors (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-179006)
DOI: 10.19090/pp.2019.3.283-304
ISSN: 1821-0147
WoS: 000488861800003
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85076094409
Institution/Community
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Filipović Đurđević, Dušica PY - 2019 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2995 AB - The research deals with the set of Serbian homonymous nouns (nouns with multiple unrelated meanings) presented in the norming study and in the visual lexical decision task experiment. Native speakers listed the meanings of homonymous words and provided word familiarity and word concreteness ratings. Accordingly, the first database of Serbian homonyms was constructed containing subjective meanings of homonymous nouns along with the estimated meaning probabilities, as well as a number of meanings, redundancy and entropy of the distribution of meaning probabilities, word familiarity and word concreteness. The processing disadvantage of homonymous nouns over unambiguous nouns was replicated in the visual lexical decision task. Additionally, the processing of homonymous nouns was linked with redundancy: the information theory measure of the balance of meaning probabilities. The results revealed that homonyms with higher redundancy of the meaning probability distribution (i.e., unbalanced meaning probabilities) were processed faster. This finding was in accordance with the hypothesis derived from the Semantic Settling Dynamics account of the processing of ambiguous words, according to which the competition among the unrelated meanings derived the processing disadvantage in homonymy. However, the same pattern was not observed for the number of meanings and entropy, inviting for further research of the processing of ambiguous words. PB - Univerzitet u Novom Sadu - Filozofski fakultet - Odsek za psihologiju, Novi Sad T2 - Primenjena psihologija T1 - Balance of meaning probabilities in processing of Serbian homonymy EP - 304 IS - 3 SP - 283 VL - 12 DO - 10.19090/pp.2019.3.283-304 ER -
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Filipović Đurđević, D.. (2019). Balance of meaning probabilities in processing of Serbian homonymy. in Primenjena psihologija Univerzitet u Novom Sadu - Filozofski fakultet - Odsek za psihologiju, Novi Sad., 12(3), 283-304. https://doi.org/10.19090/pp.2019.3.283-304
Filipović Đurđević D. Balance of meaning probabilities in processing of Serbian homonymy. in Primenjena psihologija. 2019;12(3):283-304. doi:10.19090/pp.2019.3.283-304 .
Filipović Đurđević, Dušica, "Balance of meaning probabilities in processing of Serbian homonymy" in Primenjena psihologija, 12, no. 3 (2019):283-304, https://doi.org/10.19090/pp.2019.3.283-304 . .