Synonym comprehension and the generality of categorization models

Herrmann, Douglas J.; Papperman, Theodore J.; Armstrong, Alan D.

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“…The latter result represents a replication of traditional findings (e.g., Herrmann et al, 1978), while the former result represents a reversal of this traditional effect. This interaction is consistent with our general view that word identification can play an important functional role in synonymy judgment.…”

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“…Specifically, when the facilitating effect of semantic relatedness on the wordidentification stage exceeds its negative effect on the similarity-comparison stage, semantic relatedness will enhance the judgment of non-synonym pairs. This result would represent a reversal of traditional findings (Herrmann et al, 1975;Herrmann et al, 1978;Rips et al, 1973).…”

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“…For example, Herrmann et al (1978) demonstrated that correct "yes" responses were faster for synonym pairs that were rated as more similar in an independent rating task. Similarly, correct "no" responses were faster for unrelated non-synonym pairs when those pairs of items were rated as less similar in the rating task.…”

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“…1992; Herrmann, Papperman, & Armstrong, 1978;Herrmann, Shoben, Klun, & Smith, 1975;Kroll & Klimesch, 1992;Murphy & Andrew, 1993;Rips, Shoben, & Smith, 1973;Smith, Shoben, & Rips, 1974;Smith & Sloman, 1994). This paper focuses on the role of word identification in semantic judgment tasks.…”

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“…In a synonymy-judgment task (Herrmann et al, 1978) subjects are presented with two items and asked to respond "yes" if they believe the items are synonyms and "no" otherwise. Generally, subjects are very accurate in this task and the primary dependent measure is the latency of correct response.…”

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Examining the role of word identification in synonymy judgment

Hirshman¹,

Master²

1997

Psychol. Res

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This paper examines the role of word identification in semantic judgment tasks. We argue that word-identification processes can substantially alter the functional properties of semantic judgment tasks. We investigate this empirically by examining the effects of semantic relatedness and relatedness proportion on synonymy judgments of non-synonym pairs. The resuits demonstrate that semantic relatedness slows synonymy judgments for non-synonym pairs when the relatedness proportion is low, but speeds them when the relatedness proportion is high. The former effect is a replication of traditional findings, while the latter effect reverses these findings. We explain these results by hypothesizing that increasing the relatedness proportion increases the beneficial effects of semantic relatedness in word identification, and this produces the reversal of traditional findings. We close by emphasizing that models of semantic judgment tasks can become more comprehensive by focusing on word identification.

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Hirshman¹,

Master²

1997

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Only connections: A critique of semantic networks.

Johnson‐Laird

Herrmann²,

Chaffin³

1984

Psychological Bulletin

142

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This article examines theories that assume that semantic networks account for the mental representation of meaning. It assesses their similarities and divergencies, and argues that as a class of theories they remain too powerful to be refuted by empirical evidence. The theories are also confronted by a number of problematical semantic phenomena that arise because networks deal with the connections between concepts rather than with their connections to the world. The solution to these problems could be embodied in a new network system, but such a system would differ in both structure and function from current network theories. The authors are grateful to Doug Hintzman, Richard Young, and two anonymous reviewers for some stimulating comments on an earlier draft of this article. The second author thanks the MRC Applied Psychology Unit and its director, Alan Baddeley, for providing a congenial atmosphere for research while he was a visitor there in 1982-1983. Requests for reprints should be sent to P.

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Comprehension of antonymy and the generality of categorization models.

Herrmann

1979

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory

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Three experiments investigated antonym comprehension, that is, the judgment that two words are or are not antonyms. In Experiment 1, the latency of yes responses to antonyms decreased with degree of antonymy. In Experiment 2, no responses to nonantonym pairs were slower for pseudoantonyms (e.g., popular-shy) than for synonyms and unrelated words that did not differ from each other. In Experiment 3, subjects made either antonym judgments or synonym judgments for the same set of antonyms, synonyms, pseudoantonyms, pseudosynonyms, and unrelated words. The no responses were slowest for pseudoantonyms in the antonym task and for pseudosynonyms in the synonym task. Categorization models can explain these results if it is assumed that processing is a function of relationship similarity, the degree to which the relationship between members of a stimulus pair exemplify the relationship being judged by the subject.Comprehension of category relationships has been investigated extensively in recent years, and several models have been proposed that provide fairly good accounts of category comprehension findings (Smith, 1977). The progress made in investigating category comprehension makes it appropriate to consider what kind of model would provide a general account of the comprehension of semantic relationships. A general model should, for example, be able to explain comprehension of relationships like antonymy and synonymity in addition to categorical relationships. Although categorization models were not explicitly designed to provide a general account of semantic relationships, the task of developing a general model may reasonably begin by applying categorization models to other semantic relationships. The general purpose of the present research is to determine whether categorization models can accountThe authors thank Christopher Peterson for valuable comments on an earlier draft of this article.

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Synonym comprehension and the generality of categorization models

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Examining the role of word identification in synonymy judgment

Examining the role of word identification in synonymy judgment

Only connections: A critique of semantic networks.

Comprehension of antonymy and the generality of categorization models.

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