{"pk":26905,"title":"Dynamic Effects of Conceptual Combination on Semantic Network Structure","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The generative capacity of language entails an ability to\nflexibly combine concepts with each other. Conceptual\ncombination can occur either by using an attribute of one\nconcept to describe another (attributive combination) or by\nforming some relation between two concepts to create a new\none (relational combination). Prior research has addressed\nwhether common or distinct processes support these two\nputatively different types of combinations. We turn the\nquestion around and ask whether the consequences of these\ncombination types on our conceptual system might differ, by\ncomparing semantic memory networks before and after\nparticipants perform either attributive or relational conceptual\ncombinations. We find a general effect on the semantic\nnetworks: the structure of network decreases after participants\nconceptually combine some of the concepts in the network.\nHowever, the relational combination manipulation has a\ngreater effect. Furthermore, only the relational combination\nmanipulation leads to an increase in the network’s\nconnectivity.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Conceptual combinations; Semantic Networks"}],"section":"Talks: Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/58f9c15x","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Yoed","middle_name":"N.","last_name":"Kenett","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Pennsylvania","department":""},{"first_name":"Sharon","middle_name":"L.","last_name":"Thompson-Schill","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Pennsylvania","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2017-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/26905/galley/16541/download/"}]}