ISSN: 2578-4838
Authors: Praveenya, Abhilasha and Abhishek BP
Lexical semantic organization refers to the organization of lexical items in the lexicon. The lexical semantic organization would vary as function of age. Children may show a taxonomic organization while young adults and older adults may show thematic organization. However, there is mixed evidence regarding the same, this fact necessitated the current study. The study was carried with aim of comparing the lexical semantic organization in children and adults. Participants in two age ranges (8-12 years, 18-30 years) were considered and discrete word association task was administered on the participants and the findings showed that there was no significant difference between the responses provided by the participants of the two age groups
Keywords: Lexical Semantic Organization; Thematic Organization; Children and Adults
