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Are Abstract and Concrete Concepts Organized Differently? Evidence from the Blocked Translation Paradigm
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Zhang, Xiaohong; Han, Zaizhu; Bi, Yanchao – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
Using the blocked-translation paradigm with healthy participants, we examined Crutch and Warrington's hypothesis that concrete and abstract concepts are organized by distinct principles: concrete concepts by semantic similarities and abstract ones by associations. In three experiments we constructed two types of experimental blocking (similar…
Descriptors: Translation, Semantics, Language Impairments, Psycholinguistics