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Which of the statements about the mental lexicon and lexical access is true?
 
  a) Only one meaning of an ambiguous word (e.g., bank) is activated upon word presentation.
   b) Low-frequency words are more quickly accessed than are high-frequency words.
   c) For bilinguals, a given concept has only one entry in the mental lexicon.
   d) The mental lexicon is part of semantic memory.

Question 2

Misheard word boundaries, which often make understanding song lyrics difficult on the first few times you hear a song (and sometimes longer) have been dubbed:
 
  a) Singing Bees.
   b) Mondegreens.
   c) Lyrical Errors.
   d) Earbugs.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b



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