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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Chapter 2 -Words, Dictionaries and the Mental Lexicon, Dictonaries best known English Language ones are Oxford English Dictionary, Words, Dictionaries, and the Mental Lexicon Chapter 2 there are Many different dictionaries, Mental Lexicon is the sum of all the words a speaker knows, Mental Lexicon can be partial, Words, Dictionaries, and the Mental Lexicon Chapter 2 not all words appear in including slang words, new words, compound words, various grammatical forms of words, the average high-school graduate knows 60,000 words words are acquired through Mutual Exclusivity Principle, Mental Lexicon is not organized alphabetically, Dictonaries best known English Language ones are Webster's Dictionary, Many different dictionaries to list a few: for English there are College Dictionaries, Dictonaries are fallible, partial meaning that the speakers knows the word, but not the meaning, or knows the word, but cannot spell it, Mental Lexicon made up of Complex words using rules of word formation, Specialized Dictionaries such as for Music and the Arts, the average high-school graduate knows 60,000 words words are acquired through Fast Mapping, Samuel Johnson reflect his interests in terms of what he included, what he left out and how he defined words, the average high-school graduate knows 60,000 words words are acquired through Lexical Contrast Principle, Dictonaries size and audience is shaped by makers of dictionaries and market forces, Words, Dictionaries, and the Mental Lexicon Chapter 2 not all words appear in Dictonaries, fallible example is an early dictionary, Many different dictionaries to list a few: for English there are Specialized Dictionaries