[Corpora-List] examples of the use of the terms "prototypical" or "prototypicality"

[Alex Boulton]

Dear all 

Various bits of discussion on this in several places in Patrick's 2013 book, including around pp90-105 and 340, but it's pretty much what the whole book is about - norms (cf prototypes) not just of lexis but of pretty much any type of language use, and exploitations. 

    * Hanks, P. 2013. Lexical Analysis: Norms and Exploitations . Cambridge MA: MIT Press. 

Some great quotes too, eg p91-92 " Prototypical, normal usage is very easy to spot…; it is also very boring." 

Best 
alex 

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> De: "Erin McKean" <erin at logocracy.com>
> À: corpora at uib.no
> Envoyé: Samedi 28 Juin 2014 03:26:25
> Objet: [Corpora-List] examples of the use of the terms "prototypical"
> or "prototypicality"

> Dear Corpora-Lers,

> Does anyone have handy citations for the use of "prototypical" or
> "prototypicality" in corpus linguistics to mean something roughly
> equivalent to "the most central use of a word, especially in regards
> to
> referents or collocations"?

> I'm thinking of the case where you describe senses of a word in an
> order
> that roughly maps to "core -- periphery" rather than historical order
> or
> frequency of use. E.g. for things like "cask", the "water-tight
> vessel"
> would be a more prototypical sense than the "unit of capacity for
> what
> can be held in a cask" sense.

> My feeling is that this is described quite beautifully by Patrick
> Hanks
> somewhere but I can't seem to find a reference!

> Any help gratefully appreciated!

> Yours,

> Erin
> ---------------------
> Erin McKean
> @emckean/@reverb/@wordnik
> wordnik.com
> helloreverb.com

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