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This study is about how people understand the meaning of verbs -- in particular, what aspects of a given verb's meaning are considered to be the most important. This probably varies from person to person, but through a survey we can get a general idea of the intuitions of the "average" English speaker.

Web Survey with experimental component

Harvard University

Elena Zinchenko

April 13th 2007 - June 13th 2007