{"pk":26514,"title":"Specificity at the basic level in event taxonomies: The case of Maniq verbs ofingestion","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Previous research on basic-level object categories shows thereis cross-cultural variation in basic-level concepts, arguingagainst the idea that the basic level reflects an objectivereality. In this paper, I extend the investigation to the domainof events. More specifically, I present a case study of verbs ofingestion in Maniq illustrating a highly specific categorizationof ingestion events at the basic level. A detailed analysis ofthese verbs reveals they tap into culturally salient notions.Yet, cultural salience alone cannot explain specificity ofbasic-level verbs, since ingestion is a domain of universalhuman experience. Further analysis reveals, however, thatanother key factor is the language itself. Maniq’s preferencefor encoding specific meaning in basic-level verbs is not apeculiarity of one domain, but a recurrent characteristic of itsverb lexicon, pointing to the significant role of the languagesystem in the structure of event concepts.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"basic level; categorization; events; verbs; Maniq;Aslian."}],"section":"Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2c40c3x2","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Ewelina","middle_name":"","last_name":"Wnuk","name_suffix":"","institution":"Radboud University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2016-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/26514/galley/16150/download/"}]}