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1、SSLA,23,41–69.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.COMPARINGTHEL1ANDL2MENTALLEXICONADepthofIndividualWordKnowledgeModelBrentWolterHokkaidoUniversityThispaperexploresthepossibilitythat,contrarytothefindingsofpaststudies,theL1andL2mentallexiconmayinfactbestructurallysimilar,
2、withdepthofindividualwordknowledgedeterminingagivenword’sdegreeofintegrationintothementallexicon.Thepaperbe-ginsbyreviewingthebodyofevidencerelevanttotheresearchquestion,andthenpresentsthedesignandresultsofaninvestiga-tioncomparingnonnativeandnativespeakerpatternsofresp
3、onsesinlightofdepthofwordknowledgescores.Indiscussingtheresultsofthestudy,atentativemodelfortheprocessbywhichwordsareintegratedintothementallexiconisproposed,andthelong-standingbeliefthatashiftfrompredominantlysyntagmatictopredominantlyparadigmaticresponsesisindicativeo
4、flexicaldevelopmentischal-lenged.Althoughresearchershavehistoricallybeencautiousintheirattemptstode-viseanydefinitivemodelforthestructureoftheL2mentallexicon,theresultsofL2studiesinthisareahavegenerallysupportedthenotionthatitisinmanywaysfundamentallydifferentfromthatof
5、theL1.Channell(1990)con-cluded,afterreviewingthebodyofL1andL2research,that“evidencethatIamindebtedtotheEditorandAssistanttotheEditorofSSLAaswellastothefouranonymousSSLAreviewersforsuggestionsonanearlierversionofthispaper.SpecialthankstoBrentCulliganandtoalltheparticipan
6、tsfortheirhelpwiththisstudy.Addresscorrespondenceto:BrentWolter,InstituteofLanguageandCultureStudies,HokkaidoUniversity,Nishi8,Kita17,Kita-ku,Sapporo,Japan060–0817;e-mail:wolter@ilcs.hokudai.ac.jp.2001CambridgeUniversityPress0272-2631/01$9.504142BrentWoltertheL2user’sm
7、entallexiconofagivenlearnerresemblestheL1user’smentallexiconissparse”(p.29).Similarly,Meara(1982,1984),drawingontheresultsofaseriesofwordassociationtestsknowncollectivelyastheBirkbeckVocab-ularyProject,claimedthat“therearegoodreasonsforbelievingthattheremightbesignifica
8、ntdifferencesbetweenthelexiconofalearnerandthatofanativespeaker”(1984,p.231).Morespecificallystated,theresults
