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The contribution of linguistic factors to attribute inferences and semantic similarity judgements
Author(s) -
Semin Gün R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.2420190202
Subject(s) - psychology , similarity (geometry) , semantic similarity , affect (linguistics) , variance (accounting) , linguistics , inference , cognition , personality , cognitive psychology , semantics (computer science) , social psychology , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , computer science , communication , philosophy , accounting , neuroscience , business , image (mathematics) , programming language
Two studies are reported which examine the contribution of linguistic factors to attribute inferences and semantic similarity judgements. For this purpose a new method is developed which allows us to examine the contribution of language as a symbolically shared system. The two studies show that a substantial amount of the variance in both attribute inferences and semantic similarity judgements is mediated by socially shared linguistic conventions. The implications of these findings and the methodology for social cognition, and some models of personality and affect are discussed.