Metacategories and sentence classification

This study examines cognitive representations of the metacategories Action, Act, Activity, Event, Process and State, which are assumed to constitute a conceptual framework enabling us to interpret and organize our perceptions of the world. Using a classification task for simple sentences (subject, v...

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Published in:Journal of pragmatics 2003, Vol.35 (1), p.1-22
Main Authors: Kékenbosch, Christiane, Bromberg, Marcel
Format: Article
Language:English
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Descriptive studies and applied theories
Linguistics
Semantics and pragmatics
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Summary:This study examines cognitive representations of the metacategories Action, Act, Activity, Event, Process and State, which are assumed to constitute a conceptual framework enabling us to interpret and organize our perceptions of the world. Using a classification task for simple sentences (subject, verb, object), illustrating different aspects of each of these metacategories, we sought to identify stable features that were capable of characterizing cognitive representations. Our results suggest that, to varying degrees, three dimensions provide a framework for the representation of these metacategories: agentivity, temporality, and transitionality.
ISSN:0378-2166
1879-1387
DOI:10.1016/S0378-2166(02)00050-4