Hayakawa's Ladder of Abstraction
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:concept
gptkb:model |
| gptkbp:creator |
gptkb:S._I._Hayakawa
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| gptkbp:describedBy |
gptkb:Language_in_Thought_and_Action
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| gptkbp:example |
Bessie (a cow) → cow → livestock → asset
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| gptkbp:explains |
how language moves from concrete to abstract
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| gptkbp:introducedIn |
1949
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| gptkbp:level |
concrete
abstract |
| gptkbp:purpose |
to illustrate levels of abstraction in language
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:language_theory
general semantics levels of abstraction |
| gptkbp:usedIn |
semantics
communication studies |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Samuel_I._Hayakawa
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Hayakawa's Ladder of Abstraction
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