The measurement of meaning

Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics.

The Meaning of the Body: Aesthetics of Human Understanding

The Mind of a Mnemonist: A Little Book about a Vast Memory

A Study of Association in Insanity

Background: Characteristic features of the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) occur with remarkable consistency in different cultural settings. The content of symptoms, however, seems to vary acro...

Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in a Sample of Iranian Patients:

The concept of meaning has undergone many changes in the course of scientific study of language, thought and behavior. At first, it was explained as something which happens in the mind and then is changed to a product of association of ideas. Today, however, new meaning of meaning has emerged with the emphasis on the experiential basis as has been formulated in the concept of metaphoric expression. In this paper, we report a preliminary study on meaning as measured by a semantic-associative test in four different cultures (Iranian, German, Arabic and American). The findings have been explained in the framework of the primary metaphors and embodiment theory.

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Akram Khamseh

Papers

Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in a Sample of Iranian Patients:

Experiential Basis of Meaning in a Semantic Associative Test: A Move toward an Embodied Explanation of Primary Metaphor