Concept mapping is a graphical system for understanding the relationships between concepts. It represents meaning through a non-linguistic representation that can be decomposed into meaningful visual features like shapes, colors, and arrows. Concept mapping allows for productivity and systematicity in understanding - the meaning of a complex expression is derived from its structure and constituent parts, and anyone who understands one relationship between concepts can understand the reverse relationship.
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3. Compositionality
Meaning of a complex expression = structure + meanings of its constituents
Non-linguistic representation (a complex sign decomposable into meaningful features)
Shape, color pattern, arrow, etc.
4. Arguments
PRODUCTIVITY
Understanding of sentences which we never heard before = we can construct the sense of a sentence out of
the parts that corresponds to words
SYSTEMATICITY
There are definite and predictable patterns among the sentences we understand
Anyone who understands The rug is under the chair can understand
The chair is under the rug and vice versa.