Effects of Event-Related Centrality on Concept Accessibility

Autor/inn/en	Mo, Lei; Chen, Hongmin; Li, Ying; Chen, Zhe; He, Xianyou
Titel	Effects of Event-Related Centrality on Concept Accessibility
Quelle	In: Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 43 (2007) 3, S.229-254 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0163-853X
DOI	10.1080/01638530701226204
Schlagwörter	Experiments; Word Frequency + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erprobung; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit
Abstract	In 3 experiments, we explored the accessibility of concepts of varying centrality as defined by the underlying events described in script-based passages. The accessibility of central concepts, as defined by event-relatedness, was compared to that of central concepts defined on the basis of the number of mentions in the text or based on their relation to the title of the text. Experiments 1A and 1B demonstrated that central words defined by event-relatedness were more accessible than peripheral words. In Experiment 2, event-relatedness and the number of mentions were pitted against each other in defining centrality. The results showed that central concepts defined by event-relatedness (mentioned fewer times) were accessed more readily than peripheral concepts (with a higher number of mentions). Experiment 3 further indicated that the number of mentions did not affect the accessibility of the event-related central concepts. This research demonstrated the appropriateness and effectiveness in defining centrality on the basis of underlying events. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10