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information entity > data > thematic relation

Preferred term

thematic relation  

Definition

  • “thematic relations (or associative relations) occur when two concepts frequently co-occur in events or situations (e.g., ‘dog’ and ‘bone’), focusing on the interaction or association between concepts” (Zhang et al., 2023).

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonym(s)

  • thematic semantics

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Adezati, E., Liu, X., Ding, J., Thye, M., Szaflarski, J. P., & Mirman, D. (2024). Phase synchronization during the processing of taxonomic and thematic relations. Brain and Language, 249, 105379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2024.105379

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • 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

    • Document 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

    • Document type: empirical study

    , meta-analysis

    • Access: open

    • Dataset reference: 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

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-MSC3KQGD-F

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