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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-177710907af545438a1c1800f0355be82025-01-31T10:34:03ZengUniversity of BolognaLinguistic Typology at the Crossroads2785-09432025-01-014227328910.6092/issn.2785-0943/1928817653Reflections on the “ad hoc categories”Paolo Ramat0https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6151-2767Accademia Nazionale dei LinceiThis 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.https://typologyatcrossroads.unibo.it/article/view/19288categorycategorizationprototypegeneral extenderscollective nounslanguaging activity |
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