What does mental lexicon mean?

mental lexicon means "a language user's knowledge of words".

What is another word for mental lexicon?

Close synonyms include vocabulary, lexicon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mental lexicon a common word?

mental lexicon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

mental lexicon — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a language user's knowledge of words
Synonymsvocabulary lexicon
Broadercognition
Part oflanguage

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What does mental lexicon mean?: mental lexicon means "a language user's knowledge of words".
What is another word for mental lexicon?: Close synonyms include vocabulary, lexicon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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