Perspectives on Abstract Concepts by Bolognesi Marianna;Steen Gerard J.; & Gerard J. Steen

Author:Bolognesi, Marianna;Steen, Gerard J.; & Gerard J. Steen [Bolognesi, Marianna & Steen, Gerard J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2019-05-17T16:24:54+00:00

4.1.2Results and discussion: Sense frequency

Of all the book-type nominals, only atlas, brochure and dictionary were physical-dominant (Figure 1). Interestingly, sense frequency does not seem to modulate sense order acceptability, since both dictionary and book (along with other book-type nominals) followed the same acceptability pattern in Experiment 2 despite their different frequency profiles: For the Concrete First condition, dictionary and book respectively scored 6.23 and 6.53, while for the Concrete Last condition they scored 5.92 and 5.76.

Figure 1.Average scores for the fill-in-the-blank norming study. ‘Domin.’ denotes the dominant sense, ‘Subord.’ denotes the subordinate sense, ‘% Dom.’ denotes the percentage of dominance exhibited by the dominant sense. The nominal types were grouped in the following way: PHYSICAL-INFORMATION, PHYSICAL-INSTITUTION, FOOD(PHYSICAL)-EVENT, EVENT-PHYSICAL-INSTITUTION, PHYSICAL-APERTURE, INSTITUTION-POPULATION-LOCATION

NOMINALDOMIN.SUBORD.% DOM.NOMINALDOMIN.SUBORD.%DOM.NOMINALDOMIN.SUBORD.%DOM.

Translation INFO 100 Publication INFO PHYS  75.8 Feast FOOD EVENT  91.9

Exam INFO 100 Building PHYS 100 Breakfast FOOD EVENT  87

Novel INFO PHYS  98.5 Library PHYS 100 Dinner FOOD EVENT  87

Commentary INFO PHYS  98.5 Village PHYS 100 Meal FOOD EVENT  85.4

Adaptation INFO PHYS  96.9 Farm PHYS INST  98.4 Brunch FOOD EVENT  83.8

Bill INFO PHYS  93.6 Bank PHYS INST  96.8 Supper FOOD EVENT  83.8

Video INFO PHYS  92.0 Shop PHYS INST  96.8 Barbeque FOOD EVENT  80.6

Message INFO PHYS  87.1 Factory PHYS INST  89.9 Banquet FOOD EVENT  77.4

Advert INFO PHYS  85.5 Borough PHYS INST  85.8 Construction EVENT PHYS  63

Dissertation INFO PHYS  77.8 Workshop PHYS INST  84.2 Picnic FOOD EVENT  55.5

Pamphlet INFO PHYS  77.5 Company INST PHYS  84.1 Appointment EVENT 100

Newspaper INFO PHYS, INST  71.0 Province PHYS INST  73.1 Gym PHYS INST  93.6

Letter INFO PHYS  70.9 Hotel PHYS INST  71.4 Church PHYS INST  85.7

Magazine INFO PHYS, INST  68.3 Settlement PHYS INST  68.3 Nursery PHYS INST  85.7

Essay INFO PHYS  66.6 Restaurant PHYS INST  59.7 Renovation EVENT PHYS  63.5

Newsletter INFO PHYS  66.6 College PHYS INST  58.8 Entrance PHYS 100

Book INFO PHYS  64.6 University INST PHYS  57.1 Door PHYS 100

Journal INFO PHYS  63.5 Arthouse PHY5 INST  56.5 Archway PHYS APERTURE  98.4

Atlas PHVS INFO  61.9 School INST PHVS, EVENT  43.5 Passageway PHYS APERTURE  77.7

Brochure PHYS INFO  58.7 Dessert FOOD EVENT  98.3 Council INST POP  79.3

Dictionary PHYS INFO  58.0 Lunch FOOD EVENT  98.3 City PHYS POP, LOC  67.7

Printout INFO PHYS  52.4 Appetiser FOOD EVENT  95.1 Town PHYS POP, LOC  62.9

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