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GARZON SEGURA, Anni Marcela  and  PENAGOS LOPEZ, Luis Alberto. FIRST SEMESTER UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS' LEXICAL AVAILABILITY AT A UNIVERSITY IN VILLAVICENCIO, COLOMBIA. Forma funcion, Santaf, de Bogot, D.C. [online]. 2016, vol.29, n.2, pp.63-84. ISSN 0120-338X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/fyf.v29n2.60189.

This paper presents a study on lexical availability by first semester undergraduate students in a Villavicencio (Colombia) university. The Lexical Availability Survey was used in order to gather information on students' lexicon in 16 centers of interest, as well as 5 additional places added by the researchers. Dispolex was used in order to analyze the data obtained. Results display lexical availability and cohesion indexes, including all words provided by students. A quantitative analysis was also carried out that showed a low and diffused lexical availability, similar to the one found in other research on similar populations. It was also found that socio-demographic variables do not produce significant differences in lexical availability. These are explained on account of the stimuli or the centers of interest.

Keywords : Lexical availability; mental lexicon; spoken language; university students; Villavicencio.

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