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

[Jim Fidelholtz]

I have evidently not worked enough in this area. For me, 'prototype' means
'an original, perhaps imperfect, version of something'. The word we have
been discussing here would seem to be 'arquetype', at least for me. I
suppose I should do a corpus or Google search to see where the hell this
usage came from while I must have been napping.

Jim

James L. Fidelholtz
Posgrado en Ciencias del Lenguaje
Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, MÉXICO


On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Marko, Georg (georg.marko at uni-graz.at) <
georg.marko at uni-graz.at> wrote:

> "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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