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Language research needs an “emotion revolution” and distributed models of the lexicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2008

CATHERINE L. CALDWELL-HARRIS
CATHERINE L. CALDWELL-HARRIS*
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Department of Psychology, Boston University, 64 Cummington St., Boston MA 02215, USAcharris@bu.edu
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Pavlenko urges the community of language researchers to modify their conceptions of the mental lexicon, based on findings from bilingualism and emotions. She makes a compelling case. While reading her article, one can temporarily forget that in contemporary practice, emotion is not regarded as relevant to the theoretical question of the structure of the mental lexicon.

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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , July 2008 , pp. 169 - 171
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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