Abstract Word Definition in Patients with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

Table 3

Examples of word definition task scoring.

Word	Participant definition	Core meanings	Supplementary meanings	Total score
Watermelon (concrete noun)	We usually eat it in summer. It is cool. A fruit that we eat in a hot summer because it is juicy.	(1) Eat in summer; (2) A fruit	(1) Cool; (2) Juicy	2 × 2 + 1 × 2 = 6
Joke (abstract noun)	A thing to make others laugh, particularly among intimates. A coarse joke is liable to be misunderstood.	(1) Make others laugh; (2) Among intimates	Liable to be misunderstood	2 × 2 + 1 × 1 = 5