The Development of Polysemy and Frequency Use in English Second Language Speakers

Spoken language data were collected from six adult second language (L2) English learners over a year‐long period in order to explore the development of word polysemy and frequency use. The data were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. In the first analysis, the growth of WordNet polysemy values and CELEX word frequency values were examined. For both indexes, significant growth was demonstrated from the 2nd to the 16th week of...