Caplan L J, Herrmann D J
National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda.
Z Psychol Z Angew Psychol. 1993;201(1):85-97.
This experiment tests the hypothesis that semantic relations are graded concepts. It also tests the predictions of relation element theory and of Klix's (1986) theory of semantic relations regarding possible predictors of graded structure for semantic relations. Results support the hypothesis that semantic relations have graded structures, and indicate that differences among relations in gradedness reflect the families of semantic relations described by Chaffin & Herrmann (1984). In addition, Klix's distinction between property relations and event relations appears to be useful in explaining differences among relations in graded structure.
本实验检验了语义关系是分级概念这一假设。它还检验了关系元素理论以及克利克斯（1986）语义关系理论关于语义关系分级结构可能预测因素的预测。结果支持了语义关系具有分级结构这一假设，并表明关系在分级程度上的差异反映了查芬和赫尔曼（1984）所描述的语义关系类别。此外，克利克斯对属性关系和事件关系的区分似乎有助于解释关系在分级结构上的差异。
