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Prototype Semantics

The English Word Lie

Bibliographic Data

ID2912971
AuthorsLinda Coleman, Paul Kay (0000-0001-6279-8263)
Year1981
Volume57
Issue1
Pages26-44
Publication date1981-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/lan.1981.0002
OpenAlexW2037577673
LanguageEN
Citations received141
References cited7

The meaning of the word lie (‘prevaricate‘) consists in a cognitive prototype to which various real or imagined events may correspond in varying degrees. This view contrasts with the familiar one in which word meanings consist of sets of necessary and sufficient conditions, and distinguish discretely between instances and non-instances. The relevance of the notions of prototype and gradience in semantics has previously been established in physical and sensory lexical domains. The present paper shows that these notions are also relevant in abstract and social domains. Results are reported from an experiment which supports this view

Linguistics · Natural language processing · Programming language · Semantics (computer science) · Word (group theory) · Artificial Intelligence · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Lexicography and Language Studies · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology

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Unique citing works111
Citations per year3,13
Citation span1981 - 2026 (46)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedYes
Citation typesNeutral: 110
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