Predication Categorization: Semantic Features and Sociocognitive Perspectives

To test the psychological reality of some linguistic descriptors used to classify predications (action, act, activity, event, process, state), the psychological processes implicated in the attribution task of semantic components are analyzed. Data from an experiment provided evidence that these ling...

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Published in:Langages (Paris) 1998-12, Vol.32 (132), p.9-27
Main Authors: Bromberg, Marcel, Kekenbosch, Christiane, Friemel, Edouard
Format: Article
Language:fre
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Summary:To test the psychological reality of some linguistic descriptors used to classify predications (action, act, activity, event, process, state), the psychological processes implicated in the attribution task of semantic components are analyzed. Data from an experiment provided evidence that these linguistic descriptors have a corresponding descriptor at the cognitive level & that the semantics of verbs & cognitive science introduce some fluctuations into the attribution of semantic components. 2 Tables, 36 References. Adapted from the source document
ISSN:0458-726X