The Influence of Interactional Semantic Patterns on the Interpretation of Noun-Noun Compounds

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 288-297

  Maguire, Phil ^a   Maguire, Rebecca ^b   Cater, Arthur W S ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CARIN theory; concept activation; conceptual combination; in context interpretation; language comprehension; statistical linguistic knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ASSOCIATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77649198087     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018687     Document Type: Article

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