The influence of referent type and familiarity on word-referent mapping

• Main Authors: Ong, Jia Hoong, Chan, Alice Hiu Dan
• Other Authors: Conklin, Kathy
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Familiarity; Word-referent Mapping
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/92450; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49926
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Is our memory for pairs of items dependent on item characteristics? The present study explores this question using a word learning paradigm; specifically, we examined whether referent characteristics, such as referent type (face/object) and familiarity (known/unknown), may influence word-referent ma...