Redefining linguistic categories through network theory

This paper is supported by the project ‘DispoGram. Disponibilidad gramatical del español’, PID2020-120436GB-I00, funded by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación del Gobierno de España.

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Autores: Hernández Muñoz, Natividad, Tomé Cornejo, Carmela, López, Miguel
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2025
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositório:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
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Palavra-chave:Categorization
Modularity
Semantic fluency
Semantic network
57 Lingüística
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spelling Redefining linguistic categories through network theoryHernández Muñoz, NatividadTomé Cornejo, CarmelaLópez, MiguelCategorizationModularitySemantic fluencySemantic network57 LingüísticaThis paper is supported by the project ‘DispoGram. Disponibilidad gramatical del español’, PID2020-120436GB-I00, funded by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación del Gobierno de España.Categorization is a dynamic cognitive process that organizes human knowledge. As such, categorization processes are integral of the linguistic system and are primarily manifested in the conceptual categories represented in semantic memory. Linguistic theory has proposed various models to describe the nature and structure of semantic categories. This paper reviewsthetraditionaldefinitions offourtypesoflinguisticcategories(natural ortaxonomic, adhoc,radialandscripts)fromthecomplexnetworkparadigm.Thesemanticnetworkshave beenconstructedfromasemanticfluencytask(Animals,Objectslaidonthetable,Gamesand Countryside)involving680nativeSpanishspeakers.Boththestructureofthenetworkandits dynamicsareanalysed, remarkingtheprocessbywhichspeakerscreatethenetworkthrough their linguistic performance. For this purpose, traditional mathematical measures from network theory were employed, and new measures were proposed to more precisely distinguish between the four types of categories. The results support the principles of linguistic description, expanding and refining the properties of the different types of semantic categories. Furthermore, they highlight the importance of fine-grained modularity measures as key to interpreting differences in conceptual categories.Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación del Gobierno de EspañaCambridge University Press202620262025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/169511reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)InglésPID2020-120436GB-I00Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1695112026-06-07T06:28:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Redefining linguistic categories through network theory
title Redefining linguistic categories through network theory
spellingShingle Redefining linguistic categories through network theory
Hernández Muñoz, Natividad
Categorization
Modularity
Semantic fluency
Semantic network
57 Lingüística
title_short Redefining linguistic categories through network theory
title_full Redefining linguistic categories through network theory
title_fullStr Redefining linguistic categories through network theory
title_full_unstemmed Redefining linguistic categories through network theory
title_sort Redefining linguistic categories through network theory
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hernández Muñoz, Natividad
Tomé Cornejo, Carmela
López, Miguel
author Hernández Muñoz, Natividad
author_facet Hernández Muñoz, Natividad
Tomé Cornejo, Carmela
López, Miguel
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author2 Tomé Cornejo, Carmela
López, Miguel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Categorization
Modularity
Semantic fluency
Semantic network
57 Lingüística
topic Categorization
Modularity
Semantic fluency
Semantic network
57 Lingüística
description This paper is supported by the project ‘DispoGram. Disponibilidad gramatical del español’, PID2020-120436GB-I00, funded by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación del Gobierno de España.
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