Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: Many studies in cognitive science address how people categorize objects, but there has been comparatively little research on event categorization.This study investigated the categorization of events involving material destruction, such as "cutting" and "breaking".Speakers of 28 typologically, genetically, and areally diverse languages described events shown in a set of video-clips.There was considerable cross-linguistic agreement in the dimensions along which the events were distinguished, but there was variation in the number of categories and the placement of their boundaries.
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2122907313