Norris, D. 1 & Kinoshita, S. 2
1 (1) MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK
2 MACCS, Macquarie University, Australia
We report simulations of the lexical decision data from the English, French and Dutch Lexicon Projects - a total of over 60,000 words. The simulations use a noisy channel version of the Bayesian Reader. We focus on the different pattern of neighbourhood effects found in the three languages. For example, the English Language Project exhibits larger neighbourhood effects than the Dutch or French Projects. However, interpretation of the differences is complicated by differences in experimental procedures. The simulations suggest that there are genuine differences in lexical structure between the three languages and that these are further amplified by the use of different nonwords in the three Projects.