Structural analysis of the intension and extension of semantic concepts
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
- Vol. 6 (1) , 43-75
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09541449408520134
Abstract
A method (HICLAS; De Boeck & Rosenberg, 1988) for studying the internal structure of semantic concepts is presented. The proposed method reveals the internal structure of the extension as well as the intension of a concept, together with a correspondence relation that shows the mutual dependence of both structures. Its use is illustrated with the analysis of simple concepts (e.g. sports) and conjunctive concepts (e.g. birds that are also pets). The underlying structure that is revealed can be interpreted as a differentiation of the simple concepts studied and for conjunctive concepts the proposed method is able to extract non-inherited and emergent features (Hampton, 1988).Keywords
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