summary responses psycholinguistics query linguist 8 981 posted following query ambiguous word strongly dominant sense sense likely one actually selected neutral contexts course intuitive answer seems obivously yes nt found formal studies affirming studies explicitly relate dominance bias strength activation processes sense selection two general questions findings tabossi pretty much spelled end purely modularist view lexial processing finally extent connectionist explanations lexical processing like kawamoto see gaining credence among psycholinguists sole respondent james fidelholtz although could nt directly address questions pointed useful compilation sensefrequencies common english words michael west _ general service list english words _ 1953 longman thanks dave david wharton department classical studies 237 mciver building university north carolina greensboro greensboro nc 274125001 email whartond uncg edu tel 910 3345214