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Effect of Semantic Relatedness on Magnitude of Priming

Deepak P.
Akshaya S.
Dr. Abhishek B. P., Ph.D. (Speech Language Pathology)

Abstract

Words in the lexicon are assumed to be organised in semantic fields or network. Every word in the lexicon is related to another word belonging to the same lexical category or sharing common features and this kind of relationship is called semantic relatedness. Further, a word in the lexicon is related to many words through semantic relatedness but extent of relationship between the words is not same. Purpose: The study aimed to determine influence of semantic relatedness through priming in adolescents. Method: Thirty participants (mean age fifteen years) participated. Sixty prime-target pairs were presented through DMDX 5.0. Thirty were semantically related and thirty semantically unrelated. Among thirty semantically related word pairs, eight pairs were super-ordinate pairs and category coordinate pairs, derivatives and functional coordinates were seven each. Semantic judgment was the task. Results: The mean reaction time and accuracy scores for only semantically related scores on the four ordinates were considered and it was found that mean reaction time and accuracy scores were better for super-ordinates followed by category coordinates, derivatives and functional ordinates. Conclusion: Based on the results of the study it’s clear that the extent of relatedness would vary depending on the semantic distance.

Keywords: Super ordinates, Category-coordinates, Derivatives, Functional Ordinates

Introduction: Semantic Relatedness

Semantic relatedness refers to the extent of semantic features overlapping between words (e.g. “apple-orange”) as explained by Thompson-Schill, Kurtz and Gabrieli, 1998. Semantic relatedness can either be a reflection of the similarity in features shared or the overlap in features of two words (e.g. “apple-orange’’ ‘‘hen- turkey’’). Four categories of semantic relatedness are often described. These include semantic relatedness in terms of Superordinate Coordinate (SC) (e.g., apple-fruit), semantic relatedness in terms of Categorical Coordinate (CC) (e.g., apple-pear), relatedness in terms of Functional Coordinates (FC) (e.g. apple-sweet) and Derivational Coordinate (DC) (e.g., apple-red) Hutchison (2003) considered superordinate and categorical relations as “semantic relations” and others as “associative relations” Funtional relation was first studied by Moss et., al (1995). Processing of Distinctive features was investigated initially by Rips, Shoben and Smith (1973).

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Deepak P.
Speech Language Pathologist
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing
Mysuru 570006
Karnataka
India
deepakaryan064@gmail.com

Akshaya S.
Research Officer (Speech Language Pathology)
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing
Mysuru 570006
Karnataka
India
akshayaslp92@gmail.com

Dr. Abhishek B. P., Ph.D. (Speech Language Pathology)
Lecturer in Speech Sciences
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing
Mysuru 570006
Karnataka
India
abhiraajaradhya@gmail.com

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