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Direct linkHampton, James A. – Cognitive Science, 2007
This paper addresses theoretical problems arising from the vagueness of language terms, and intuitions of the vagueness of the concepts to which they refer. It is argued that the central intuitions of prototype theory are sufficient to account for both typicality phenomena and psychological intuitions about degrees of membership in vaguely defined…
Descriptors: Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Figurative Language, Group Membership, Logical Thinking
