A Few Remarks on Prototype Theory in Cognitive Linguistics
The purpose of the present paper is to demonstrate both the historical background of the prototype theory and its denitional problems. It presents two fundamental tenets of cognitive linguistics and the origin of prototype theory. Eleonor Rosch introduced her theory (1975) in order to explain how se...
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2021-10-01
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| description | The purpose of the present paper is to demonstrate both the historical background of the prototype theory and its denitional problems. It presents two fundamental tenets of cognitive linguistics and the origin of prototype theory. Eleonor Rosch introduced her theory (1975) in order to explain how semantic categories are perceived by our mind. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4a3ff245adbc4ab99480dc909cb54e342025-01-07T17:19:44ZengPaństwowa Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w ChełmieLanguage, Culture, Politics2450-35762719-32172021-10-011576710.54515/lcp.2021.1.57-67A Few Remarks on Prototype Theory in Cognitive LinguisticsAlicja Cuper0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8891-9454Małgorzata Cuper-Ferrigno1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6342-7533Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w ChełmiePaństwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w ChełmieThe purpose of the present paper is to demonstrate both the historical background of the prototype theory and its denitional problems. It presents two fundamental tenets of cognitive linguistics and the origin of prototype theory. Eleonor Rosch introduced her theory (1975) in order to explain how semantic categories are perceived by our mind.https://lcpijournal.panschelm.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LCPI_2021_1_Alicja-Cuper.pdfprototypecognitive linguisticstheorycategorizationfuzziness |
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