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Word Association Norms in Mexican Spanish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2014

Julia B. Barrón-Martínez  and
Natalia Arias-Trejo
Julia B. Barrón-Martínez*
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Natalia Arias-Trejo
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Julia B. Barrón Martínez. Facultad de Psicología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Avenida Universidad, 3000. Colonia Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. C.U., delegación Coyoacán. CP. 04510. DF. (Mexico). Phone: +52–5556222287. E-mail: labpsicolinguistica@unam.mx
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Abstract

The aim of this research is to present a Spanish Word Association Norms (WAN) database of concrete nouns. The database includes 234 stimulus words (SWs) and 67,622 response words (RWs) provided by 478 young Mexican adults. Eight different measures were calculated to quantitatively analyze word-word relationships: 1) Associative strength of the first associate, 2) Associative strength of the second associate, 3) Sum of associative strength of first two associates, 4) Difference in associative strength between first two associates, 5) Number of different associates, 6) Blank responses, 7) Idiosyncratic responses, and 8) Cue validity of the first associate. The resulting database is an important contribution given that there are no published word association norms for Mexican Spanish. The results of this study are an important resource for future research regarding lexical networks, priming effects, semantic memory, among others.

Keywords

word associationsassociative normslexical relationsMexican Spanish
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Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 17 , 2014 , E90
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2014 

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