The linguistic dimensions of concrete and abstract concepts: lexical category, morphological structure, countability, and etymology

F Strik Lievers, M Bolognesi, B Winter - Cognitive Linguistics, 2021 - degruyter.com
The distinction between abstract and concrete concepts is fundamental to cognitive
linguistics and cognitive science. This distinction is commonly operationalized through …

The entropy of morphological systems in natural languages is modulated by functional and semantic properties

F Franzon, C Zanini - Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In most natural languages, grammatical gender and number features encode semantic
attributes concerning animacy, sex, and numerosity. Despite the likely advantage of …