From prototypes to caricatures: Geometrical models for concept typicality

Article Abstract:

The extent of geometrical representation in a psychological space succeeds in predicting typicality in animal, natural food, and artifact concepts and whether contrast categories contribute to the prediction is investigated. Contrast effect is a robust phenomenon, since it is found in a broad range of semantic categories, defined at very different hierarchical levels and results imply that concepts are never represented as purely isolated entities.

Science & research, Belgium, Research, Similarity judgment, Concept formation

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Universality and language specificity in object naming

Article Abstract:

A cross-linguistic comparison was undertaken to understand the forces behind the development of linguistic categories for sets of common objects. An interaction was observed between perception of stimulus properties and linguistic and cultural histories.

United States, Linguistic research

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How bilinguals solve the naming problem?

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A word-to-referent mapping in Dutch-French bilinguals is examined by comparing the way it is named in the two languages. Findings reveal that French and Dutch bilingual naming patterns converged on a common naming pattern with only minor deviations.

Analysis, Bilingualism, Onomasiology

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