The Kent-Rosanoff Word Association List
A lot of the early work on L2 word associations used the Kent-Rosanoff word list as stimuli. The list is a set of 100 words commonly used in studies of L1 word associations. They first appeared in: GH Kent and AJ Rosanoff, A Study of Association in Insanity. American Journal of Insanity 67,(1910) 37-96 and 317-390.
| 1 table |
2 dark |
3 music |
4 sickness |
| 5 man |
6 deep |
7 soft |
8 eating |
| 9 mountain |
10 house |
11 black |
12 mutton |
| 13 comfort |
14 hand |
15 short |
16 fruit |
| 17 butterfly |
18 smooth |
19 command |
20 chair |
| 21 sweet |
22 whistle |
23 woman |
24 cold |
| 25 slow |
26 wish |
27 river |
28 white |
| 29 beautiful |
30 window |
31 rough |
32 citizen |
| 33 foot |
34 spider |
35 needle |
36 red |
| 37 sleep |
38 anger |
39 carpet |
40 girl |
| 41 high |
42 working |
43 sour |
44 earth |
| 45 trouble |
46 soldier |
47 cabbage |
48 hard |
| 49 eagle |
50 stomach |
51 stem |
52 lamp |
| 53 dream |
54 yellow |
55 bread |
56 justice |
| 57 boy |
58 light |
59 health |
60 bible |
| 61 memory |
62 sheep |
63 bath |
64 cottage |
| 65 swift |
66 blue |
67 hungry |
68 priest |
| 69 ocean |
70 head |
71 stove |
72 long |
| 73 religion |
74 whiskey |
75 child |
76 bitter |
| 77 hammer |
78 thirsty |
79 city |
80 square |
| 81 butter |
82 doctor |
83 loud |
84 thief |
| 85 lion |
86 joy |
87 bed |
88 heavy |
| 89 tobacco |
90 baby |
91 moon |
92 scissors |
| 93 quiet |
94 green |
95 salt |
96 street |
| 97 king |
98 cheese |
99 blossom |
100 afraid |
There are a number of reasons why this list isn't very good for research on L2 speakers. You will find a discussion of this problem in
Chapter 3 of Paul Meara's book Connected Words. Unfortunately no standard alternative stimulus list has yet emerged.
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