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BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION
Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 185-201Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728921000250
Keywords
modelling; lexical representation; L2 acquisition; lexical development; fuzziness
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- Slavic and East European Language Resource Center (SEELRC) at Duke University
- German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
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The Ontogenesis Model of the L2 Lexical Representation (OM) focuses on the development of lexical representations, assuming that fuzziness is a pervasive property of the L2 lexicon. The model has the potential to provide an interpretation for results in lexical processing and vocabulary training, moving towards building a comprehensive model of L2 lexical acquisition and processing.
We introduce the blueprint of the Ontogenesis Model of the L2 Lexical Representation (OM) that focuses on the development of lexical representations. The OM has three dimensions: linguistic domains (phonological, orthographic, and semantic), mappings between domains, and networks of lexical representations. The model assumes that fuzziness is a pervasive property of the L2 lexicon: most L2 lexical representations are low resolution and the ontogenetic curve of their development does not reach the optimum (i.e., the ultimate stage of their attainment with optimal encoding) in one or more dimensions. We review the findings on lexical processing and vocabulary training to show that the OM has a potential to provide an interpretation for the results that have been treated separately and to move us forward in building a comprehensive model of L2 lexical acquisition and processing.
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