The current study assessed the effects of two teaching stimulus presentations, i.e. picture to word and word to word, used to teach second language vocabulary to college students. It also evaluated the emergence of untaught relations when picture to word and word to word were used separately as a teaching strategy. The findings showed picture to word training resulted in more untaught relations. Several aspects such time allotted for online quizzes, experimental and teaching arrangements and vocabulary complexity were suggested for future research.

During word learning, many words are associated with many meanings to build a lexicon. A model by McMurray et al. (2012) suggests that vocabulary acquisition may not only depend on building correct associations, but also pruning incorrect ones. Additional evidence for the importance of pruning comes from a word learning analog in pigeons, where the opportunity for pruning incorrect associations between objects and symbols was manipulated during training (Roembke et al., 2016). To investigate pruning in humans, we conducted six supervised word learning experiments. Participants were first trained to link two objects to each word, and subsequently were tested how quickly these were pruned. Across experiments, association strength was measured by using either eye movements to to-be pruned objects, or a post-training accuracy assessment. Learners showed rapid—though potentially not complete—pruning of incorrect associations, but this depended on whether the symbols were auditory words, orthographic words or non-linguistic symbols. Thus, this dissertation provides first evidence that pruning is operative during word learning. We also examined how newly learned words compete against known words for recognition using eye-tracking and found that despite very high accuracy these words were not strong competitors.

Thesis (M.A.E.T.)--Covenant Theological Seminary, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-83).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Capital Bible Seminary, 2008. / Description based on microfiche version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-66).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1982. Bibliography: leaves 233-247.

Thesis (M.A.E.T.)--Covenant Theological Seminary, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-83).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Covenant Theological Seminary, 2005. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-126).

Proefschrift--Utrecht.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Capital Bible Seminary, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-66).

Thesis (doctor in de letteren)--Universiteit te Nijmegen, 1950. / The words philologos, philologia and philologein are in Greek on the t.p. Includes indexes. Includes bibliographical references (p. 3-6).