• DOI:10.1016/S0022-5371(71)80058-0
Corpus ID: 143666444

Two meanings of word abstractness

@article{Kammann1971TwoMO,
  title={Two meanings of word abstractness},
  author={R. Kammann and L. Streeter},
  journal={Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior},
  year={1971},
  volume={10},
  pages={303-306}
}

R. Kammann, L. Streeter

Published 1971

Psychology

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior

Word abstractness has been defined in terms of hierarchical superordination or empirical ratings based on accessibility to the senses. Since a high-level superordinate (a generic term) should not be accessible to the senses, the two definitions should be correlated. Four Ss constructed word hierarchies from a pool of 925 nouns. Neither the size of a patriarch's hierarchy, nor its status as a superordinate was noticeably predictive of its abstractness rating, while its particular hierarchy… CONTINUE READING

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