A Model on the Processing of Noun-Noun Conceptual Combination and Its Verification

Choi, Mingyeong; Oh, Jihyang; Yi, Hyeon-Woo; Shin, Hyunjung

doi:10.1109/icnc.2007.65

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“…First, we created 45 noun–noun compounds (22 for property and 23 for relational compounds) using concrete English nouns following the criteria described by Choi et al (2007) . Employing the same criteria, we systematically selected the modifier and head nouns.…”

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“…However, there are relatively few studies on how specific types of semantic features are activated and utilized during combinations. As shown previously, Choi et al (2007) proposed that property combination entails the replacement of an intrinsic feature of the head noun with that of the modifier noun, whereas relational combination involves matching an extrinsic feature of the head noun with the entire modifier concept. For example, if “feather luggage” is interpreted as “light luggage,” (i.e., a property interpretation), this could occur through feature replacement in which the value of the shared dimension (WEIGHT dimension) of the head (i.e., “heavy” of “luggage”) is replaced with the value of the shared dimension of the modifier noun (i.e., “light” of “feather”).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…For example, “elephant ant” can be interpreted as “big ant” as the value of the SIZE dimension of the head noun, “ant” (i.e., “small”), is replaced or filled with the value of the same dimension of the modifier noun, “elephant” (i.e., “big”). Most cognitive models of noun–noun conceptual combination, such as the dual-process model ( Wisniewski, 1996 ; Wisniewski and Love, 1998 ), interactive property attribution (IPA) model ( Estes and Glucksberg, 2000 ), and the total-partial (TP) model ( Choi et al, 2007 ), have elucidated how the value of a certain dimension of the head concept is systematically modified by the modifier concept throughout the shared dimension between the two constituent concepts. These models mainly focus on falsifying the primacy of relational combination proposed by the CARIN model and elucidating the process of property combination.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These two types of semantic features are asymmetrically involved in property and relational combinations. Choi et al (2007) first related intrinsic semantic information to property combination and extrinsic semantic information to relational combination. The authors showed that property combination was facilitated when the modifier noun had salient intrinsic features and when the head noun had corresponding or relevant feature dimensions to the salient intrinsic features of the modifier noun.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the current study, taking the idea proposed by Choi et al (2007) one step further from, we attempt to directly examine whether a salient intrinsic feature of the modifier noun replaces a feature of the same dimension of the head noun in property combination and whether a salient extrinsic feature of the head noun is linked with the whole concept of the modifier noun. To test this idea, we employ each type of combination as semantic priming and measure the semantic activation patterns of intrinsic and extrinsic semantic features using a lexical decision task (LDT) immediately after finishing combination processes.…”

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Asymmetric Underlying Mechanisms of Relation-Based and Property-Based Noun–Noun Conceptual Combination

Choi

Yoon

2021

Front. Psychol.

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Conceptual combination is a fundamental human cognitive ability by which people can experience infinite thinking by artfully combining finite knowledge. For example, one can instantly combine “cactus” and “fish” together as “prickly fish” even if one has never previously heard of a “cactus fish.” Although two major combinatorial types—property and relational combinations—have been identified, the underlying processes of each remain elusive. This study investigates the asymmetric processing mechanisms underlying property and relational combinations by examining differential semantic activation during noun–noun conceptual combination. Across two experiments utilizing each combinatorial process as semantic priming and implementing a lexical decision task immediately after combination, we measure and compare the semantic activation patterns of intrinsic and extrinsic semantic features in these two combinatorial types. We found converging evidence that property and relational combinations involve asymmetric semantic information and entail distinct processing mechanisms. In property combination, the intrinsic feature in the modifier concept showed greater activation than the semantic feature of the same dimension in the head concept. In contrast, in relational combination, the extrinsic semantic feature in the head concept and the whole modifier concept showed similar levels of activation. Moreover, our findings also showed that these patterns of semantic activation occurred only when the combinatorial process was complete, indicating that accessing the same lexical-semantic information is not sufficient to observe asymmetric patterns. These findings demonstrate that property combination involves replacing a specific semantic feature of the head noun with that of the modifier noun, whereas relational combination involves completing the semantic feature of the head noun with the whole modifier concept. We discuss the implications of these findings, research limitations, and future research directions.

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confidence: 99%