SPCH3106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Componential Analysis, Semantic Network, Semantic Memory
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Defining meaning of words: structuralism a thought that emphasises that the interdependence of entities, rather than their individual and separate existence. States that words cannot be defined independently of other words that are (semantically) related to them. It involves analysis of the meaning of a lexeme into its component parts. Semantic features: also (cid:396)efe(cid:396)(cid:396)ed to as (cid:858)se(cid:374)se-(cid:272)o(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)ts(cid:859, correlated semantic features. Like seeing what common factors are for words e. g. boy and man: semantic features can be correlated if they tend to appear in the same basic-level concepts. But not every word contains a unique set of token nodes: an assumption is that the noun concepts are arranged hierarchically, with superordinate concepts solely being linked with their most direct subordinates. So animal cannot directly link to canary but is inferred from the link canary bird animal. Can fly and sing might be considered characteristic of birds, but must not necessarily be present for all birds.
