Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
10th AATT Conference, New York, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 17 Ekim 2025, ss.1-2, (Özet Bildiri)
Understanding how second language learners process words is crucial for both linguistic theory and language pedagogy. The mental lexicon, a complex network of word representations, plays a central role in language comprehension and production. This study investigates the influence of lexical frequency and part of speech on word processing within the mental lexicon of Turkish as a Foreign Language (TFL) learners. Utilizing a lexical decision task, the research drew its stimulus items from a corpus of TFL textbooks and a reference corpus (TurkishTenTen). The findings reveal that TFL learners process real words significantly faster than non-words. Furthermore, nouns appear to be processed more rapidly, potentially attributable to their inherently more concrete nature. Lexical frequency emerged as a crucial factor, with higher frequency nouns and adjectives demonstrating faster processing times. Interestingly, no significant difference in processing speed was observed between learners at A2 and B1 proficiency levels. These results are discussed in the context of the Dual Route Model of word recognition, which posits that frequent words benefit from stronger memory representations, and Part-of-Speech Processing Theories, which suggest distinct storage and access mechanisms for different word classes within the mental lexicon.