creators_name: Markovitch, J. S.
type: preprint
datestamp: 2004-01-06
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:26
metadata_visibility: show
title: Effects of context on the processing of lexical ambiguities 
subjects: ling-sem
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: percep-cog-psy
full_text_status: public
keywords: disambiguation
abstract: The issue of how lexical ambiguities are processed is considered. It is argued that if context or dominance is strong, only a single meaning of an ambiguity is accessed; but that otherwise multiple meanings may be accessed. It is also argued that even with strong context multiple meanings may still be accessed, if the normal act of disambiguation is disrupted by a distraction such as a simultaneously presented lexical decision task.
date: 1983
date_type: published
refereed: FALSE
citation:   Markovitch, J. S.  (1983) Effects of context on the processing of lexical ambiguities.  [Preprint]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/3356/1/Effect_of_context_on_the_processing_of_lexical_ambigities.pdf