Norms of Word Association

Leo Postman, Geoffrey Keppel

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9780125630504
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483268637
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Norms of Word Association contains a heterogeneous collection of word association norms. This book brings together nine sets of association norms that were collected independently at different times during a 15-year period. Each chapter is a self-contained unit. The order in which the norms are presented is arbitrary, although an attempt is made to group together norms that seem to belong together. The 1952 Minnesota norms are presented first, due to "age" and in recognition of the fact that a number of the norms that follow are direct outgrowths of this work. The next three norms in this collection are responses to the Russell-Jenkins stimuli obtained from subjects representing different linguistic communities. A summary of association norms collected from British and Australian subjects are reported along with association norms from German and French college students and French workmen. Four sets of norms that are not directly related to the 1952 Minnesota collection are included. The text will be of interest to historians and researchers in the field of verbal learning and verbal behavior.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Norms of Word Association
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER 1. THE 1952 MINNESOTA WORD ASSOCIATION NORMS
• CHAPTER 2. FREE-ASSOCIATION RESPONSES OF ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN STUDENTS TO 100 WORDS FROM THE KENT-ROSANOFF WORD ASSOCIATION TEST
• CHAPTER 3. THE COMPLETE GERMAN LANGUAGE NORMS FOR RESPONSES TO 100 WORDS FROM THE KENT-ROSANOFF WORD ASSOCIATION TEST
• CHAPTER 4. INTERNATIONAL KENT ROSANOFF WORD ASSOCIATION NORMS, EMPHASIZING THOSE OF FRENCH MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS AND FRENCH WORKMEN
• CHAPTER 5. FREE-ASSOCIATION RESPONSES TO THE PRIMARY RESPONSES AND OTHER RESPONSES SELECTED FROM THE PALERMO-JENKINS NORMS
• CHAPTER 6. THE CALIFORNIA NORMS: ASSOCIATION AS A FUNCTION OF WORD FREQUENCY
• CHAPTER 7. SINGLE-WORD FREE-ASSOCIATION NORMS FOR 328 RESPONSES FROM THE CONNECTICUT CULTURAL NORMS FOR VERBAL ITEMS IN CATEGORIES
• CHAPTER 8. A STUDY OF HOMOGRAPHS
• CHAPTER 9. SUBSTITUTION, CONTEXT, AND ASSOCIATION