Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Words divide the world into labeled categories. Languages vary in the categories they label, sometimes to the point of making cross-cutting divisions of the same space. Previous work suggests two opposing hypotheses about how commu-nication contributes to category emergence: 1) these spaces lack an objective shared similarity structure, and communica-tion dynamically creates one of a number of optimally share-
Authors: Catriona Silvey, Simon Kirby, Kenny Smith
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1580216596