Reflections on the “ad hoc categories”
This article is a reflection on the concept of ad hoc categories (AHCs) as developed in a copious number of recent publications. The article refers to well-known concepts such as prototype, and theoretical frameworks such as cognitivism, and construction grammar, which are shortly presented in secti...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Bologna
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads |
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| Online Access: | https://typologyatcrossroads.unibo.it/article/view/19288 |
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| Summary: | This article is a reflection on the concept of ad hoc categories (AHCs) as developed in a copious number of recent publications. The article refers to well-known concepts such as prototype, and theoretical frameworks such as cognitivism, and construction grammar, which are shortly presented in section 1 inasmuch they may concern the discussion of AHCs and are preliminary to such a discussion. Section 1 deals with the definition(s) of category, section 2 presents the notion of AHC, section 3 deals with different types of AHC, and section 4 discusses some problems connected to this notion and its possible limits. Section 5 is the conclusion that can be drawn from the previous reflections. |
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| ISSN: | 2785-0943 |