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Semantic ambiguity norms for 530 Spanish words

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2016

JUAN HARO ,
PILAR FERRÉ ,
ROGER BOADA  and
JOSEP DEMESTRE
JUAN HARO*
Affiliation:
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
PILAR FERRÉ
Affiliation:
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
ROGER BOADA
Affiliation:
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
JOSEP DEMESTRE
Affiliation:
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
*
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE Juan Haro, Department of Psychology and CRAMC, University Rovira i Virgili, Crta. De Valls s/n., 43007-Tarragona. Spain. E-mail: juan.haro@urv.cat
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Abstract

This study presents semantic ambiguity norms for 530 Spanish words. Two subjective measures of semantic ambiguity and two subjective measures of relatedness of ambiguous word meanings were collected. In addition, two objective measures of semantic ambiguity were included. Furthermore, subjective ratings were obtained for some relevant lexicosemantic variables, such as concreteness, familiarity, emotional valence, arousal, and age of acquisition. In sum, the database overcomes some of the limitations of the published databases of Spanish ambiguous words; in particular, the scarcity of measures of ambiguity, the lack of relatedness of ambiguous word meanings measures, and the absence of a set of unambiguous words. Thus, it will be very helpful for researchers interested in exploring semantic ambiguity as well as for those using semantic ambiguous words to study language processing in clinical populations.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , March 2017 , pp. 457 - 475
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