társítási

társítási is a Hungarian linguistic and cognitive term that refers to the process of forming associations between linguistic units or between linguistic units and concepts. In the field of semantics, a társítási analysis examines how words are linked in meaning through connotation, collocation, and cultural context. Unlike literal or denotative meanings, the társítási meaning conveys the additional shades of sense that arise from shared usage history and social experience. For example, the Hungarian word “szerető” is literally “lover,” but the társítási associations include romance, affection, and sometimes devotion, which are inferred from typical contexts in literature and everyday speech.

In psycholinguistics, társítási is related to associative memory, where the recall of a word or concept triggers other related terms. Studies on associative learning in Hungarian elementary education often employ társítási tasks, asking children to list words that come to mind when presented with a target word, thereby revealing the network of implicit links built through exposure. The concept is also central in pragmatic analysis, where speakers rely on shared associative knowledge to convey nuanced meanings or intentions effectively. Thus, társítási concerns not only lexical semantics but also cultural, social, and cognitive dimensions of language use.