Lexical definition - Wikipedia The lexical definition of a term, also known as the dictionary definition, describes the meaning of a word in terms of other words, and it is the style of definition commonly found in dictionaries [1]
Dual-route hypothesis to reading aloud - Wikipedia The lexical route is the process whereby skilled readers can recognize known words by sight alone, through a "dictionary" lookup procedure [1][4] According to this model, every word a reader has learned is represented in a mental database of words and their pronunciations that resembles a dictionary, or internal lexicon [3][4] When a skilled reader sees and visually recognizes a written word
Sentence processing - Wikipedia Sentence comprehension has to deal with ambiguity [1] in spoken and written utterances, for example lexical, structural, and semantic ambiguities Ambiguity is ubiquitous, but people usually resolve it so effortlessly that they do not even notice it For example, the sentence Time flies like an arrow has (at least) the interpretations Time moves as quickly as an arrow, A special kind of fly
Lexical semantics - Wikipedia Lexical semantics (also known as lexicosemantics), as a subfield of linguistic semantics, is the study of word meanings [1][2] It includes the study of how words structure their meaning, how they act in grammar and compositionality, [1] and the relationships between the distinct senses and uses of a word
Bilingual lexical access - Wikipedia Once bilinguals acquire the lexical information from both languages, bilingual lexical access activates in language comprehension "Lexical access in comprehension" is the process of how people make contact with lexical representation in their mental lexicon that contains the information, which enables them to understand the words or sentences
Reading comprehension - Wikipedia Reading comprehension is the ability to process written text, understand its meaning, and to integrate with what the reader already knows [1][2][3][4] Reading comprehension relies on two abilities that are connected to each other: word reading and language comprehension [5]
Cohort model - Wikipedia Cohort model The cohort model in psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics is a model of lexical retrieval first proposed by William Marslen-Wilson and Alan Welsh in the late 1970s [1] It attempts to describe how visual or auditory input (i e , hearing or reading a word) is mapped onto a word in a hearer's lexicon [2]
Reading - Wikipedia Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of symbols, often specifically those of a written language, by means of sight or touch [1][2][3][4] For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling), punctuation, alphabetics, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and motivation