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

[Marko, Georg (georg.marko@uni-graz.at)]

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

I have not read the book, so I don't know the context of the quote. From a discourse analytical perspective (at least mine), I find the normal not that easy to stop, neither with corpus analytical tools nor - and even less so - by linguistic intuition. And I find the boring - if this is the repetitive and the banal - exciting, probably because it is often more influential and does not attract our attention. (Probably an overinterpretation of the original quote.)

I have a problem with the term "prototype" in connection with differentiating between difference senses in connection with polysemy because as far as I understand prototype semantics, it means degree of membership within the concept associated with one of these senses (i.e.  the features of the typical unmarried man as the prototype of "bachelor" rather than the choice between the senses 'unmarried man' vs. 'academic degree'). There is probably some overlap, especially since different senses might not be clearly distinguishable within polysemy.

Interesting question.

Best

Georg
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