On Dominant Associative Research in the West in the 21st Century and the Possibilities of Its Application

Authors

  • Anja Petrović Dakić University of Belgrade, Teacher Education Faculty

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21618/fil2021239p

Keywords:

word associations, associative vocabulary, corpus research, second language acquisition, mental lexicon, mental networks

Abstract

Since local associative research has, so far, been oriented towards the East and Russia, the aim of this paper is to give an overview of lesser-known, but interesting Western research, which could be of use to our linguists in the future. The associative method is used in different branches of the social sciences, but here we will focus on achievements in areas closest to our researchers: the use of this method with corpora, in order to facilitate vocabulary search; the construction of mental lexicon models based on verbal associations; and the use of these associations in the field of applied linguistics, in regard to second language acquisition.

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2020-06-30

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Petrović Dakić А. (2020). On Dominant Associative Research in the West in the 21st Century and the Possibilities of Its Application. PHILOLOGIST – Journal of Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies, 11(21), 239–258. https://doi.org/10.21618/fil2021239p