Semanticus F. Alpaerts suggests in De Denkbeeldige Ruimte (1980) that the I Ching or Book of Changes, originating from mythical antiquity, is the first semantic lexicon of mankind. In this Chinese classic, unquestionably one of the most influential books in the world's literature, 64 chapters are coded with a double triplet line code called hexagrams. Alpaerts … Continue reading Book of Changes, first semantic lexicon
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Progress, cultural differences in concept allocation
Some of the differences in concept allocation are suggestive of real culture differences; for example: progress is good-strong-active (Osgood's 3-factors) for all countries (U.S.A., Japan, India, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Lebanon, Sweden, Hong Kong, Iran, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Poland) except Finnish, where it is passive. Osgood (1964)
‘Dynamics’ and colour in Germany
Dynamics: red 25%, blue 20%, orange 13%, ... Heller (1989)
‘Sensible’ and colour in Germany
Sensible: white 26%, blue 22%, silver 11%, gold 11%, ... Heller (1989)