The modifier effect in within-category induction: Default inheritance in complex noun phrases

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-116

  Jönsson, Martin L ^a   Hampton, James A ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compositionality; Concepts; Conceptual combination; Prototypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84855930894     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: 14640732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690965.2010.544107     Document Type: Article

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