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Conceptual semantics

Conceptual semantics is a framework for semantic analysis developed mainly by Ray Jackendoff in 1976. Its aim is to provide a characterization of the conceptual elements by which a person understands words and sentences, and thus to provide an explanatory semantic representation (title of a Jackendoff 1976 paper). Explanatory in this sense refers to the…

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related to References · 50
Conceptual semantics → Anna, Beth, Blackwell, Cambridge, Cambridge Textbooks, Cliff, Cognition, Consciousness, Culture, Essays, Foundations, Goddard, In Levin, Intercultural Pragmatics, ISBN, Jackendoff, John Macnamara, Journal, Karen Wynn, Language
related to Problems · 8
Conceptual semantics → Another, English, Goddard, In, Jackendoff, Jackendoff's, The, Wierzbicka
related to Semantic structures · 4
Conceptual semantics → Conceptual, Jackendoff, Murphy, These
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Conceptual semantics → framework for semantic analysis developed mainly by Ray Jackendoff in 1976
related to Meaning and decomposition · 1
Conceptual semantics → Jackendoff

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Conceptual semanticsis aframework for semantic analysis developed mainly by Ray Jackendoff in 19760.90text
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Conceptual semanticsrelated to Meaning and decompositionJackendoff0.60section
Conceptual semanticsrelated to ProblemsJackendoff's0.60section
Conceptual semanticsrelated to ProblemsWierzbicka0.60section
Conceptual semanticsrelated to ProblemsGoddard0.60section
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Conceptual semanticsrelated to ProblemsEnglish0.60section
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Conceptual semanticsrelated to ProblemsJackendoff0.60section
Conceptual semanticsrelated to ReferencesGoddard0.60section

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    Conceptual semantics

    Nodes16
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    Triples65
    Avg. degree1.88
    Density0.125
    Components1
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