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information entity > data > taxonomic relation

Preferred term

taxonomic relation  

Definition

  • “Taxonomic relations (or categorical relations) occur when two concepts belong to the same category (e.g., ‘dog’ and ‘wolf ’ are both canines). Taxonomically related concepts typically share multiple features in color, shape and other sensorimotor characteristics.” (Zhang et al., 2023).

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Entry terms

  • categorical relation
  • taxonomic semantics

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Mirman, D., Landrigan, J.-F., & Britt, A. E. (2017). Taxonomic and thematic semantic systems. Psychological Bulletin, 143(5), 499–520. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000092

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Zhang, Y., Mirman, D., & Hoffman, P. (2023). Taxonomic and thematic relations rely on different types of semantic features: Evidence from an fMRI meta-analysis and a semantic priming study. Brain and Language, 242, 105287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2023.105287

    [Study type: empirical study, meta-analysis / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Dataset citation(s)

  • • Zhang, Y., & Hoffman, P. (2022, December 2). Taxonomic and thematic relations rely on different types of semantic features: Evidence from an fMRI meta-analysis and a semantic priming study. https://osf.io/mrvns

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