Researching word associations is an important part of both culture and language. An interest in these associations has been present since antiquity. Furthermore, these associations are important in several fields, for example in psychology, linguistics to name but a few. In order to obtain associative results, we usually conduct one associative test on a target group, the associations of which we are interested in. The results can be analysed in accordance with our wishes and needs. Numerous criteria and norms exist which can be used to analyse these results. For some time now, people have been long striving for a means to standardise a language. The easiest way to do this is to use dictionaries, which are certainly important in every language. One of these dictionaries is also the associative dictionary, where associations to different stimuli words are also recorded. In this thesis, two key elements under consideration will be the Spanish-Russian associative dictionary and the associations between Spanish and Russian students. Thanks to research conducted amongst Spanish and Russian students, it was established that these two languages are similar in some aspects.
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