Data Papers

Relative Meaning Frequencies for 100 Homonyms: British eDom Norms

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Abstract

This data set contains British-English ratings of meaning frequencies for 100 homonyms, i.e., words with multiple unrelated meanings (e.g., “money/river bank”). The homonyms were carefully selected based on linguistic principles, dictionary entries, and subjective ratings, and were validated for future studies examining meaning-frequency effects on homonym processing. Meaning frequencies were rated by 100 native British-English speakers (living throughout the UK) using the eDom norming procedure. The norms are available at http://osf.io/7k3eh/.

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Semantic/lexical ambiguityhomonymymeaning frequency/dominancedialectcrowdsourcing
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 4 Issue: 1
  • Page/Article: e6
  • DOI: 10.5334/jopd.28
  • Published on 6 Dec 2016
  • Peer Reviewed