Experimental psycholinguistics as an approach to the study of lexical creation

Carmen Varo Varo; Amparo García Cabello de Alba; Tatiana S. Denisenko

Authors

Carmen Varo Varo Universidad de Cádiz https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2124-527X
Amparo García Cabello de Alba Universidad de Cádiz https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9645-6755
Tatiana S. Denisenko Universidad de Cádiz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5135-7312
DOI: 10.2436/20.2503.01.196

Keywords:

terminology, neology, lexical creation, lexical decision, ERP, eyetracking

Abstract

This paper presents an innovative experimental psycholinguistic methodology for the exploration of neology and lexical creation, which may prove crucial for characterising neology in both general and specialised language domains. Utilising lexical decision tasks alongside electroencephalography and eye tracking, we grasp the cognitive processes involved in real-time word formation and in the dynamic interplay between linguistic creativity, lexical access, and visual attention, offering valuable insights into the mechanisms underlying the formation of new lexical units.

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