“…In semantic networks, words are represented as nodes, and their relations are represented as edges connecting nodes. Leveraging on these approaches, scholars have been able to describe differences in the semantic structure of various concepts across age cohorts (e.g., Krethlow et al, 2020), cultural groups (e.g., Da Rold et al, 2023; Mazzuca & Majid, 2023; van Putten et al, 2020), as well as distinctive conceptual patterns emerging from the spread of new concepts such as COVID-19 (e.g., Davis, 2023; Mazzuca et al, 2021).…”