语言学Categorization

members of neighboring categories
they are much less informative relative to their immediate
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superior category
they are frequently polymorphemic, the most common pattern
superordinate categories have fewer defining features than basic level categories
immediate superordinate of basic level categories often have a singleattribute relation to higher superordinate category
Categorization
definition:
is the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood. is a major ingredient in the creation of human knowledge.
linguistically, names for superordinate categories are often mass nouns when basic level terms are count l
a composite form typically combines two or more words that signify basis level categories,like rain coat, apple juice, and wheel chair.
subordinate categories are less good categories than basic
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categories, because although their members have high
mutual resemblance, they have low distinctiveness from
the most inclusive level for which there are visual image can be formed.
the most inclusive level at which partwhole information is represent ed.
All catagories of dogs are different,but they still have enough to distinguished from cats birds and so on.
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the basic level
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the superordinate level
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the subordinate level
The characteristic can be summed up under Croft and Cruse’s four points :
The most inclusive level at which there are characteristic patterns of behavioral interaction.
The second level is superordinate level, which is the general one
For example, if someone asks you to think of a vehicle and you might think of a tree or a flower. This is parasitical Categorization.
superordinate category are less good categories than basic level categories, because although members are relatively distinct from members of neighboring categories, within-category resemblance is relatively low.
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