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Measuring Semantic Dimensions : = A Cross-Linguistic View of Affective Word Recognition.

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Title/Author:	Measuring Semantic Dimensions :/
Reminder of title:	A Cross-Linguistic View of Affective Word Recognition.
Author:	Caputa, Carl.
Description:	1 online resource (257 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-12, Section: A.
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Subject:	Psychology. -
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ISBN:	9798382826721

Measuring Semantic Dimensions : = A Cross-Linguistic View of Affective Word Recognition.
Caputa, Carl.

Measuring Semantic Dimensions :A Cross-Linguistic View of Affective Word Recognition. - 1 online resource (257 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-12, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Capella University, 2024.

Includes bibliographical references

Aiming to address views of language comprehension as an innate property of human survival processing, this dissertation investigated effects of semantic dimension on word recognition between groups of native and bilingual English speakers. Current interest in the topic calls for a multidisciplinary research stream to inform views of language processing as a neurological adaptation to survival. Few studies extend insights into the effects of semantic dimensions, other than valence and arousal, on heightened word processing. Consequently, understanding the effects of words high in danger or usefulness is limited. This dissertation presents three research questions to address the gap in the literature: Is there statistically significant differences in reaction times (a) between levels of order of language acquisition, (b) within levels of semantic dimensions, and (c) for the interaction between semantic dimension and order of language acquisition? A 3 x 4 mixed two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and quasi-experimental design were used to analyze the time taken to recognize a word (DV of reaction time) by the within-subject main effect of semantic dimension (IV of SemDim; danger, useful, combination, and pseudo words), the between-subject main effect of order of English language acquisition (IV of AoA; native, unbalanced bilingual, balanced bilingual), and the interaction effect of these two main effects (AoA*SemDim). The sample included three groups of native and bilingual Italian/English speaking individuals (N = 105) recruited from a population of Italian university students aged 18 to 28 years who self-reported English proficiency at or above 68%. Results of the data analysis revealed that within all word conditions each group of participants yielded statistically significant shorter reaction time latencies when recognizing danger and usefulness words than combination and pseudo words. Furthermore, between groups of participants native English speakers produced statistically significant shorter latencies than did the balanced and unbalanced bilingual groups. Pairwise comparisons based on the marginal means were used to explore the impact of this interaction on reaction times. A statistically significant interaction between age of acquisition and SemDim was observed, (p < .001). A moderately large effect size (partial η2 = 0.42) showed that the age at which English is acquired/learned interacts with a word's affective meaning to predict reaction times according to survival relevant information. Future research would benefit by investigating other than English-speaking populations, increasing the sample sizes, including priming in word recognition tasks, and using the latest neuroscience technologies.

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