Associative relation
Associative relation is a relation which is defined psychologically: that (some) people associate concepts (A is mentally associated with B by somebody). Often are associative relations just unspecified relations. In thesauri are antonyms, for example, usually not specified but may be listed, along with terms representing other kinds of relations, under "related terms".
Word association is a technique developed about 1900 within psychology by Sigmund Freud and C. G. Jung to reveal "intellectual and emotional deficiencies" of a person. (See also Young, 1973-74).
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ASSOCIATIVE RELATIONSHIPS |
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| Combined ideas Conceptually related terms Contiguity Definition-based contiguity Empirical knowledge-based contiguity Definitional associative relationships Different hierarchy associative relationships Environmental relationships Abstract environmental relationships Discipline/object studied pairs Entity/framework pairs Entity/school of thought pairs Field of endeavor/practitioner pairs Concrete environmental relationships Entity/environment pairs Entity/place pairs Position in time and space Process/environment of application pairs Through situation Situation or condition/what may occur pairs Etymologically related associative relationships Process issue relationships Entity/counteragent pairs Process/counteragent pairs Thing/counteragent pairs Indirect object Instigator/process pairs* Agent/process pairs* Entity/counteragent pairs* Instrument/goal pairs* Instrument/process pairs* Intransitive verb situations* Process/counteragent pairs* Method/product pairs Process/method pairs Process/property pairs* Process/property of entity pairs* Property/process performed on it pairs* Process/recipient pairs Action/target pairs Entity/process pairs Process/entity processed pairs Process/product pairs Producer/product pairs Product/material pairs Property issue associative relationships Entity/device for measurement pairs Entity/entity pairs Entity/measure pairs Process/property pairs Process/property of entity pairs Property/process performed on it pairs Property/property as attribute pairs Thing considered as attribute of another thing Thing/application pairs Thing/property pairs Physical or intrinsic property Temporary or variable property Temporary state Thing/abstract property pairs Meaning overlap associative relationships Extrasemantic relationships |
Used somewhat interchangeably |
Literature:
Lykke Nielsen, M. (2002). The word association method - a gateway to work-task based retrieval. Åbo : Åbo Akademi University Press. (Doctoral dissertation).
Michel, D. (1997). Appendix B: Taxonomy of Subject Relationships. IN: ALA. American Library Association. ALCTS. Association for Library Collections & Technical Services. Final Report to the ALCTS/CCS Subject Analysis Committee. Subcommittee on Subject Relationships/Reference Structures. http://www.ala.org/ala/alctscontent/catalogingsection/catcommittees/subjectanalysis/subjectrelations/finalreport.htm
Michel, D. (1999). Appendix B: Taxonomy of Subject Relationships. Part 1 (Direct link):
Young, R. M. (1973-74). Association of ideas. IN: Wiener, P. P. : The Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Available (without illustrations): http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/dict.html
See also: Semantic relations
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 10-09-2007