Open AccessA Few Remarks on Prototype Theory in Cognitive Linguistics
Author(s) -
Alicja Cuper,
Małgorzata Cuper-Ferrigno
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
language, culture, politics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-3217
pISSN - 2450-3576
DOI - 10.54515/lcp.2021.1.57-67
Subject(s) - cognitive linguistics , linguistics , prototype theory , cognitive science , theoretical linguistics , cognition , order (exchange) , semantic theory of truth , computer science , psychology , epistemology , philosophy , finance , neuroscience , economics
The purpose of the present paper is to demonstrate both the historical background of the prototype theory and its definitional 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.