Priming: the influence of life experience on semantic domains

master's thesis

• Author: Silvija Vrđuka
• Mentor: Irena Zovko Dinković (mentor)
• Committee member: Marina Grubišić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2020-06-01, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

The topic of this paper is the influence of one's life experience on semantic domains. More precisely, the the word association test will be used to try to show that the choice of a certain word out of one’s mental lexicon highly depends on their knowledge of the world and their life experience.

• Keywords: priming; influence; life experience; semantic domains
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:368102
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL; Course: Linguistics; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2020-06-18 13:02:44