The Representation of Concrete and Abstract Concepts: Categorical Versus Associative Relationships

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dc.citation.journalTitleJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognitionen_US
dc.contributor.authorGeng, Jingyien_US
dc.contributor.authorSchnur, Tatiana T.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-12T16:46:49Zen_US
dc.date.available2014-08-12T16:46:49Zen_US
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 4 word-translation experiments, we examined the different representational frameworks theory (Crutch & Warrington, 2005; 2010) that concrete words are represented primarily by category, whereas abstract words are represented by association. In our experiments, Chinese-English bilingual speakers were presented with an auditory Chinese word and 3 or 4 written English words simultaneously and asked to select the English word that corresponded to the auditory word. For both abstract and concrete words, higher error rates and longer response times were observed when the English words were categorically or associatively related compared to the unrelated conditions and the magnitude of the categorical effect was bigger than the associative effect. These results challenge the different representational frameworks theory and suggest that although category and association are important for representing abstract and concrete concepts, category plays a greater role for both types of words.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGeng, Jingyi and Schnur, Tatiana T.. "The Representation of Concrete and Abstract Concepts: Categorical Versus Associative Relationships." <i>Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition,</i> (2014) American Psychological Association: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037430.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037430en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/76512en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Associationen_US
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association.en_US
dc.subject.keywordbilingual translationen_US
dc.subject.keywordconcrete and abstract wordsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsemantic categorical and associative effectsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsemantic processingen_US
dc.titleThe Representation of Concrete and Abstract Concepts: Categorical Versus Associative Relationshipsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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