Add to ORKGSemantic categories in the world's languages appear to reflect both universal conceptual tendencies and linguistic convention. We argue that this mixed picture may be accounted for in terms of near-optimal partitions of semantic space - that is, partitions that near-maximize the dispersion of categories. We examine cross-language variation in the naming of categories from two semantic domains - color and space - and show that in both cases this notion of near-optimality accounts for universal tendencies while also accommodating some observed cross-language variation. This is joint work wit
Are semantic categories determined primarily by universal principles (such as perceptual and cogniti...
Language universals are usually thought of as properties holding of all languages. But very few, if ...
Do all languages convey semantic knowledge in the same way? If language simply mirrors the structure...
Semantic categories in the world's languages appear to reflect both universal conceptual tendencies ...
Spatial terms in the world’s languages appear to reflect both universal conceptual tendencies and li...
<p>This chapter proposes that systems of semantic categories in the world's languages reflect the ne...
We derive a principled information-theoretic account of cross-language semantic variation. Specifica...
Words divide the world into labeled categories. Languages vary in the categories they label, sometim...
Recent research has questioned the universal basis of color categorization and has instead emphasize...
Recent research has questioned the universal basis of color categorization and has instead emphasize...
Bilinguals' lexical mappings for their two languages have been found to converge toward a common nam...
In each semantic domain studied to date, there is considerable variation in how meanings are express...
Many theories hold that semantic variation in the world’s languages can be explained in terms of a u...
Why do languages parcel human experience into categories in the ways they do, and to what extent do ...
Are the semantic categories of very closely related languages the same? We present a new methodology...
Are semantic categories determined primarily by universal principles (such as perceptual and cogniti...
Language universals are usually thought of as properties holding of all languages. But very few, if ...
Do all languages convey semantic knowledge in the same way? If language simply mirrors the structure...
Semantic categories in the world's languages appear to reflect both universal conceptual tendencies ...
Spatial terms in the world’s languages appear to reflect both universal conceptual tendencies and li...
<p>This chapter proposes that systems of semantic categories in the world's languages reflect the ne...
We derive a principled information-theoretic account of cross-language semantic variation. Specifica...
Words divide the world into labeled categories. Languages vary in the categories they label, sometim...
Recent research has questioned the universal basis of color categorization and has instead emphasize...
Recent research has questioned the universal basis of color categorization and has instead emphasize...
Bilinguals' lexical mappings for their two languages have been found to converge toward a common nam...
In each semantic domain studied to date, there is considerable variation in how meanings are express...
Many theories hold that semantic variation in the world’s languages can be explained in terms of a u...
Why do languages parcel human experience into categories in the ways they do, and to what extent do ...
Are the semantic categories of very closely related languages the same? We present a new methodology...
Are semantic categories determined primarily by universal principles (such as perceptual and cogniti...
Language universals are usually thought of as properties holding of all languages. But very few, if ...
Do all languages convey semantic knowledge in the same way? If language simply mirrors the structure...