The majority of words in the English language do not correspond to a single meaning, but
rather correspond to two or more unrelated meanings (ie, are homonyms) or multiple related …

The paper opens with an evaluation of the BIA model of bilingual word recognition in the
light of recent empirical evidence. After pointing out problems and omissions, a new model …

There have been several reports in the literature of faster visual lexical decisions to words
that are semantically ambiguous. All current models of this ambiguity advantage assume …

The present study investigated the cognitive nature of second language (L2) lexical
processing in sentence context. We examined bilinguals' L2 word recognition performance …

In four experiments, we investigated how cross-linguistic overlap in semantics, orthography,
and phonology affects bilingual word recognition in different variants of the lexical decision …

Research on bilingual word recognition suggests that lexical access is non-selective with
respect to language, ie, that word representations of both languages become active during …

Most words in English are ambiguous between different interpretations; words can mean
different things in different contexts. We investigate the implications of different types of …

We examined the neural correlates of semantic ambiguity by measuring changes in MEG
recordings during a visual lexical decision task in which the properties of ambiguous words …

Previous lexical decision studies reported a processing advantage for words with multiple
meanings (ie, the “ambiguity advantage” effect). The present study further specifies the …

A specification of the structural characteristics of the mental lexicon is a central goal in word
recognition research. Of various word-level characteristics, semantics remains the most …