Book: Knowledge-based Vocabulary Lists
Chapter: Effects of Cognateness on KVL Rankings
Blurb:
Chapter 8 is dedicated to investigating cognates in the Spanish and German KVL, and their role in explaining word knowledge amongst participants from these L1 backgrounds. Evidence indicates that cognateness facilitates knowledge beyond the predictions derived from frequency rankings, though not always consistently. Consideration of loanwords in Chinese suggests the impact to be minimal.