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**Original Citations.** Ameel, E., Malt, B., & Storms, G. (2008). Object naming and later lexical development: From baby bottle to beer bottle. *Journal of Memory and Language*, 58(2), 262-285. Ameel, E., Malt, B. C., Storms, G., & Van Assche, F. (2009). Semantic convergence in the bilingual lexicon. *Journal of Memory and Language*, 60(2), 270-290. Ameel, E., Storms, G., Malt, B. C., & Sloman, S. A. (2005). How bilinguals solve the naming problem. *Journal of Memory and Language*, 53(1), 60-80. **Target of Replication.** Comparison of linguistic boundaries across different languages reveals differences in the naming patterns, while perceived similarity in different language communities showed negligible differences (Malt, et al., 1999). The different way words map onto referents in different languages implies that bilinguals must either separate naming patterns in their two languages or either merge them. Research concerning the bilingual lexicon in adults by Ameel et al. (2005) demonstrates convergence of naming patterns in bilinguals in their two languages. In further research (Ameel et al., 2009) the nature of this convergence was examined more in detail. Evidence for convergence in category centers and category boundaries was found, as well as indications of less complex category structure in bilinguals. The idiosyncratic way a language maps words onto non-linguistic knowledge creates also challenges regarding lexical development for monolinguals. Research of Ameel et al. (2008) demonstrates a gradual convergence in monolingual children to adult categories through addition of new words to the vocabulary as well as extended reorganizations of existing categories. Complete mastery of adult word usage can take up to 14 years (Ameel, et al., 2008). We plan to replicate the findings of Ameel et al. (2005; 2008; 2009) with a larger set of stimuli. In order to achieve this the original set consisting of 73 pictures of bottles was expanded with an additional 119 pictures. The larger stimulus set will (1) enable us to investigate the generalizability of the findings from Ameel et al. (2008; 2009; 2005), (2) lead to a more reliable multidimensional representation of the stimulus set with more dense regions and thus with more exemplars of the main lexical categories, and (3) allow us to use regression techniques with more predictor variables to predict object naming. Further we plan to evaluate the findings concerning convergence of naming patterns in bilingual adults in the context of bilingual lexical development and to evaluate the findings concerning gradual evolution to adult categories in monolingual children in the context of bilingualism. **Publications related to this dataset** White A., Malt B., Storms G. (2017). Convergence in the bilingual Lexicon: A pre-registered replication of previous studies. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, art.nr. 2081. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.02081
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