title: Category norm data and relationships with lexical frequency and typicality within verb semantic categories.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to expand the scope of category norm and typicality data to include verbs for use when investigating semantic memory in fields such as linguistics, psychology, and aphasiology. Two experiments were conducted. In the first, participants were asked to list verbs within 10 semantic categories (e.g. breaking, cleaning, cooking, etc.) and 10 noun categories (e.g. animals, fruit, tools, etc.). In the second experiment, participants were asked to rate the typicality of verbs within 8 of the previously investigated verb categories. Although participants listed fewer verbs in verb categories than nouns in noun categories, the overall patterns with regard to correlation analyses between production frequency, mean rank of responses, lexical frequency, and typicality were consistent with those observed in noun categories. These patterns are also consistent with those observed in previous research. Potential similarities and differences between nouns and verbs, as well as future applications of such data, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Education, Communication & Language Sciences, Newcastle University, King George VI Building, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK. c.s.plant@ncl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Plant
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Whitworth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003210:Concept Formation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D012660:Semantics; D014825:Vocabulary