The abstraction of form in semantic categories.

Published

Journal Article

Undergraduates were asked to generate a name for a hypothetical new exemplar of a category. They produced names that had the same numbers of syllables, the same endings, and the same types of word stems as existing exemplars of that category. In addition, novel exemplars, each consisting of a nonsense syllable root and a prototypical ending, were accurately assigned to categories. The data demonstrate the abstraction and use of surface properties of words.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Rubin, DC; Stoltzfus, ER; Wall, KL

Published Date

  • January 1, 1991

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 19 / 1

Start / End Page

  • 1 - 7

PubMed ID

  • 2017026

Pubmed Central ID

  • 2017026

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1532-5946

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0090-502X

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.3758/bf03198491

Language

  • eng