Age of Acquisition, Frequency, Concreteness and Imageability Ratings for Welsh Words and Their English Equivalents, 1995-1996

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The purpose of this study was to develop a database of Welsh words and their English equivalents giving subjectively rated measures for four variables (age of aquisition; frequency; imagery; concreteness) which are commonly used in research into the process of reading, word recognition and production.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Welsh words and English equivalents rated for four variables: age of acquisition; subjective frequency or familiarity; concreteness; imagery.<br>
Welsh words were rated by bilinguals (in Welsh and English). English words were rated in some cases by bilinguals (Welsh and English), and in some cases by monolinguals (English).<br>
Standard Measures<br>
For all variables a seven point rating scale was used. Age of acquisition and frequency used unique instructions (provided with database). <br>
For imagery ratings the instructions from Paivio, Yuille and Maidgan (1968) were used and for concreteness the instructions from Spreen and Schulz (1966) were used.