The contribution of affective content to cue-response correspondence in a word association task: Focus on emotion words and emotion-laden words

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Applied Psycholinguistics Pub Date : 2023-10-10 DOI:10.1017/s0142716423000395

Ángel-Armando Betancourt, Marc Guasch, Pilar Ferré

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Abstract This study aimed at examining the contribution of affective content to the organization of words in the lexicon. Based on existing free association norms and on a series of questionnaires we developed, we examined the characteristics of the words produced as associates to 840 Spanish cue words. Half of them were affective words and the other half were neutral (non-affective) words. Among the affective cue words, some words directly labeled an emotion (emotion words, EM) and others did not label an emotion but could elicit it (emotion-laden words, EL). The words produced as associates were also classified according to this distinction. Furthermore, we examined the relationship between the lexico-semantic and affective properties of the cue words and the associated words. The results revealed that EM, EL, and neutral associated words were elicited to a greater extent by cue words of the same type than by other types of cue words. Furthermore, the degree of correspondence between the affective properties of the cues and their associates was higher than that of lexico-semantic variables. These results have methodological implications for research on semantic memory and are of interest for applied studies focused on affective word organization in specific populations.

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词联想任务中情感内容对线索-反应对应的贡献:以情感词和充满情感的词为重点

摘要本研究旨在考察情感内容对词汇组织的贡献。基于现有的自由联想规范和我们开发的一系列问卷，我们研究了840个西班牙语提示词作为联想词的特征。其中一半是情感词，另一半是中性(非情感)词。在情感暗示词中，一些词直接标记了一种情绪(情感词，EM)，另一些词虽然没有标记一种情绪，但可以引出这种情绪(情感满载词，EL)。作为关联词产生的词也根据这种区别进行分类。此外，我们还研究了提示词和关联词的词汇语义和情感特征之间的关系。结果表明，同类型提示词比其他类型提示词更容易诱发EM、EL和中性相关词。此外，线索的情感属性与其关联之间的对应程度高于词汇语义变量。这些结果对语义记忆的研究具有方法学意义，对特定人群情感词组织的应用研究具有重要意义。

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Applied Psycholinguistics Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Applied Psycholinguistics publishes original research papers on the psychological processes involved in language. It examines language development , language use and language disorders in adults and children with a particular emphasis on cross-language studies. The journal gathers together the best work from a variety of disciplines including linguistics, psychology, reading, education, language learning, speech and hearing, and neurology. In addition to research reports, theoretical reviews will be considered for publication as will keynote articles and commentaries.