Testing the weighted salience model of conceptual combination

In two experiments the Weighted Salience Model (WSM) of conceptual combination was examined. Several of the hypotheses set forth in the WSM were evaluated, including the importance of salience of constituent features, differential interpretation strategies based on similarity, an initial reliance o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Patterson, Merryl Joy
Other Authors: Smith, Steven M.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Texas A&M University 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/270