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SOME RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PERCEIVED GENERALITY AND AMBIGUITY IN A SET OF WORDS.
- Source :
-
Language & Speech . Jul-Sep74, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p305-311. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 1974
-
Abstract
- Examines some relationships between generality and ambiguity for a set of words. Generality's reference to the inclusiveness of a class which the word names; Description of the ambiguity of a word as a condition where a word evokes more than one meaning response in a perceiver; Suggestion that no functional difference between the concepts of generality and ambiguity was perceived by the participating subjects.
- Subjects :
- *AMBIGUITY
*PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
*TERMS & phrases
*SENSORY perception
*SEMANTICS
*SPEECH
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00238309
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Language & Speech
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 14089718
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002383097401700401