CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 The memory issue 6
1.3 The competition issue 14
1.4 The L1 lexicon vs.the L2 lexicon 22
CHAPTER 2 THE EFFECT OF MERE FAMILIARIZATION 29
2.1 Rationale 31
2.2 General method 33
2.3 Experiment 1:Mere familiarization and PLE 39
2.4 Experiment 2:Mere familiarization and masked repetition priming 46
2.5 Interim conclusion 57
CHAPTER 3 THE EFFECTS OF REAL ACQUISITION 59
3.1 Description of the training 62
3.2 Experiment 3:One session of learning and PLE 64
3.3 Experiment 4:One session of learning and visible PLE 71
3.4 Experiment 5:Multiple sessions of learning and PLE 80
3.5 Experiment 5B 89
3.6 General discussion 91
CHAPTER 4 TESTING CHINESE-ENGLISH BILINGUAL 97
4.1 The separate vs.integrated view of the bilingual lexicon 99
4.2 Episodic nature of L2 lexical representation 102
4.3 A developmental view of the bilingual lexicon 105
4.4 Experiment 6:Bilingual speakers learn L2 new words 107
CHAPTER 5 GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS 121
5.1 The representation of the newly learned words 123
5.2 What is the effect of mere familiarization? 125
5.3 What does a single session of real learning achieve? 128
5.4 The effect of multiple sessions of learning 130
5.5 What are the possible interpretations of PLE? 133
5.6 Future directions 144
APPENDIX 147
APPENDIX A ITEMS IN EXPERIMENT 1 147
APPENDIX B ITEMS IN EXPERIMENT 2 152
APPENDIX C THE NOVEL WORD LIST 157
APPENDIX D EXAMPLE SCREENS FOR LEARNING 160
APPENDIX E ITEMS IN EXPERIMENTS 3,5 AND 6 162
APPENDIX F ITEMS IN EXPERIMENT 4 167
REFERENCES 172