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Peer reviewedRosch, Eleanor; Mervis, Carolyn B. – Cognitive Psychology, 1975
Provides a portrait of the structure of the categories and tests the correlation between family resemblance and prototypicality of items. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Cluster Grouping, Cues, Semantics
Download full textMervis, Carolyn B. – 1989
Two types of operating principles thought to play an important role in early lexical development are discussed. The principles are those concerned with: (1) assignment of reference or meaning to words; and (2) formation and evolution of categories. Discussion also addresses related issues, such as the developmentally important relationship between…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Language Acquisition
