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Ten subjects rendered names for each of 168 novel entities. The entities were quite varied. Naming “strategies” in this task situation were assessed with several dependent measures: (1) the structural form of the name expression (compound noun, lexically modified noun, etc.), (2) the content analysis of the name (i.e., into morphological patterns that directly convey content properties of referents), (3) statistical measures (number of syllables), and (4) comments and ratings elicited from participants. Several general strategies were induced.
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Carroll, J.M. Creating names for things. J Psycholinguist Res 10, 441–455 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01067168
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