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| Nouns: In linguistics, a noun is a word that refers to a person, place, thing, idea, or concept. Nouns can be concrete or abstract, countable or uncountable. See also Singular terms, Names, Words, Word meaning, Reference, Generality, General terms, Mass terms._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Peter Gärdenfors on Nouns - Dictionary of Arguments
I 132 Names/nouns/Gärdenfors: Thesis: Nouns refer to terms. Names refer to objects. Problem: why does not every object have a name? Reason: our memory is limited. --- I 133 Language acquisition: there is a tendency to refer to concrete objects. (Gentner & Boroditsky, 2001) (1), Markman (1992, 1994)(2)(3), Bloom (2002)(4): other tendencies are: Tendency against lexical overlaps. Tendency to refer to objects as a whole (Markman, 1992).(2) I 132 Names/nouns/Gärdenfors: Thesis: Nouns refer to terms Names refer to objects. Problem: why does not every object have a name? Reason: our memory is limited. I 133 Language acquisition: there is a tendency to refer to concrete objects (Gentner & Boroditsky, 2001)(1), Markman (1992, 1994)(2)(3), Bloom (2002)(4): Other inclinations are: A propensity for lexical overlap. A tendency to refer to objects as a whole. (Markman. 1992)(2). 1. Gentner, D., & Boroditsky, L. (2001). Individuation, relativity, and early word learning. In M. Bowerman & S. Levinson (Eds.), Language acquisition and conceptual development (pp. 215–256). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2. Markman, E. M. (1992). Constraints on word learning: Speculations about their nature, origins, and domain specificity. In M. R. Gunnar & M. P. Maratsos (Eds.), Modularity and constraints in language and cognition: The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology (pp. 59–101). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. 3. Markman, E. M. (1994). Constraints on word meaning in early language acquisition. Lingua, 92, 199–227. 4. Bloom, P. (2002). Mindreading, communication, and the learning of names for things. Mind and Language, 17, 37–54._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Gä I P. Gärdenfors The Geometry of Meaning Cambridge 2014 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-16