An Experimental Study on Distinctive Semantic Features of English Polysemous Word Senses
This paper investigates the representation and processing of the distinctive semantic features of polysemous word senses of English learners through semantic priming experiments.By comparing with the processing of shared semantic features,the role of distinctive semantic features in polysemous word processing is explored.The results of data analysis indicate that high-level lear-ners have priority in processing of distinctive semantic features of polysemous word senses with different frequency,while low-le-vel learners do not have processing priority for low-frequency senses.The dynamic development of the semantic features play an important role in the processing of polysemous word senses.