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Determinants of picture naming times in Icelandic
Author(s) -
Pind Jörgen,
Tryggvadóttir Hjördís Björg
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9450.00290
Subject(s) - icelandic , age of acquisition , psychology , word (group theory) , object (grammar) , set (abstract data type) , word lists by frequency , cognitive psychology , linguistics , audiology , cognition , computer science , neuroscience , medicine , philosophy , programming language
Numerous studies have found that word frequency has a significant effect on the time it takes to name an object or read a word. Recently, claims have been made that this frequency effect is perhaps more correctly interpreted as an age of acquisition effect. This paper reports an experiment in which naming times in Icelandic for 175 stimuli from the Snodgrass and Vanderwart picture set were determined. A multiple regression analysis of naming times against a number of independent factors showed that objective age of acquisition was the strongest predictor of naming time, with familiarity and name agreement also showing a significant effect. The effect of word frequency was, however, not significant. Possible reasons for this are discussed.