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Free Association Database for a 62-Word Dataset Including Emotion and Colour Terms in English, Estonian, French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, and Spanish: Data from 14 Countries Cover

Abstract

This article presents a free association database containing responses to 62 stimulus words (including colour terms, emotion words, and common nouns) across seven languages: English, Estonian, French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, and Spanish. Data were collected online from 1,439 participants (mean age 31.47 years) across 14 countries, yielding 223,786 responses. All data were cleaned, normalised, and organised for analysis, with both raw and processed datasets available on OSF. This cross-linguistic resource enables research on semantic networks, psycholinguistics, translation studies, and cross-cultural comparisons, providing insights into how meaning is constructed within and across different languages and cultures.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.140 | Journal eISSN: 2050-9863
Language: English
Submitted on: Jun 2, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 18, 2025
Published on: Aug 4, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Domicele Jonauskaite, Déborah Epicoco, Maliha Bouayed Meziane, Britt Burton, Violeta Corona, Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero, Consuelo González-Dávila, Jelena Havelka, Eric Laurent, Bigna Lenggenhager, Tobias Loetscher, Stephanie Lopez Castiñeira, Leila Manni, Philip Mefoh, Daniel Oberfeld, Merle Oguz, Rabia Yağmur Özduran, Corinna Perchtold-Stefan, Patricia Quant, Michael Quiblier, Maja Roch, Sude Sarayköylü, Giulia F. M. Spagnulo, Maël Theubet, Cecilia Toscanelli, Mari Uusküla, Christine Mohr, published by Ubiquity Press
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