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Event categorization: A cross-linguistic perspective

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Majid,  Asifa
Language and Cognition Group, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;
Event Representation, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;

Van Staden,  Miriam
Language Acquisition Group, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;
Event Representation, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;

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Bowerman,  Melissa
Language Acquisition Group, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;
Event Representation, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;

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Majid, A., Van Staden, M., Boster, J. S., & Bowerman, M. (2004). Event categorization: A cross-linguistic perspective. In K. Forbus, D. Gentner, & T. Tegier (Eds.), Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 885-890). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0013-18AD-E
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.