Dynamic Effects of Conceptual Combination on Semantic Network Structure

Yoed N. Kenett; Sharon L. Thompson-Schill

Dynamic Effects of Conceptual Combination on Semantic Network Structure

Yoed N. Kenett, Sharon L. Thompson-Schill

University of Pennsylvania

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Abstract

The generative capacity of language entails an ability to flexibly combine concepts with each other. Conceptual combination can occur either by using an attribute of one concept to describe another (attributive combination) or by forming some relation between two concepts to create a new one (relational combination). Prior research has addressed whether common or distinct processes support these two putatively different types of combinations. We turn the question around and ask whether the consequences of these combination types on our conceptual system might differ, by comparing semantic memory networks before and after participants perform either attributive or relational conceptual combinations. We find a general effect on the semantic networks: the structure of network decreases after participants conceptually combine some of the concepts in the network. However, the relational combination manipulation has a greater effect. Furthermore, only the relational combination manipulation leads to an increase in the network's connectivity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
Subtitle of host publication	Computational Foundations of Cognition
Publisher	The Cognitive Science Society
Pages	657-662
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780991196760
State	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition, CogSci 2017 - London, United Kingdom Duration: 26 Jul 2017 → 29 Jul 2017

Publication series

Name	CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition

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Conference	39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition, CogSci 2017
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	26/07/17 → 29/07/17

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Publisher Copyright:
© CogSci 2017.

Funding

This research was funded by an NIH Award to Sharon Thompson-Schill (R01 DC015359-02).

Funders	Funder number
National Institutes of Health	R01 DC015359-02

Keywords

Conceptual combinations
Semantic Networks

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Kenett, Y. N., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2017). Dynamic Effects of Conceptual Combination on Semantic Network Structure. In CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition (pp. 657-662). (CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition). The Cognitive Science Society.

Kenett, Yoed N. ; Thompson-Schill, Sharon L. / Dynamic Effects of Conceptual Combination on Semantic Network Structure. CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition. The Cognitive Science Society, 2017. pp. 657-662 (CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition).

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