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The semantic content of abstract concepts: a property listing study of 296 abstract words ...
Abstract: The relation of abstract concepts to the modality-specific systems is discussed controversially. According to classical approaches, the semantic content of abstract concepts can only be coded by amodal or verbal-symbolic representations distinct from the sensory and motor systems, because abstract concepts lack a clear physical referent. Grounded cognition theories, in contrast, propose that abstract concepts do not depend only on the verbal system, but also on a variety of modal systems involving perception, action, emotion and internal states. In order to contribute to this debate, we investigated the semantic content of abstract concepts using a property generation task. Participants were asked to generate properties for 296 abstract concepts, which are relevant for constituting their meaning. These properties were categorized by a coding-scheme making a classification into modality-specific and verbal contents possible. Words were additionally rated with regard to concreteness/abstractness and ... : publishedVersion ...
Keyword: abstract concepts; conceptual representation; DDC 150 / Psychology; embodied cognition; Embodiment; grounded cognition; Hierarchical cluster analysis; language comprehension; Semantic memory; Sprachverstehen
URL: https://oparu.uni-ulm.de/xmlui/handle/123456789/38159
https://dx.doi.org/10.18725/oparu-38097
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