声明
Synopsis
摘要
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1．1 Research Background
1．2 Theoretical Framework and Significance of the Research
1．3 General Organizations
Chapter Two An Overview of Previous Studies of Categorization
2．1 Categorization
2．1．1 Definition
2．1．2 Functions
2．2 The Classical Theory of Categorization
2．2．1 General Introduction
2．2．2 Criticisms on the classical theory
2．3 Prototype Theory
2．3．1 The Development of Prototype Theory
2．3．2 The Advantages of Prototype Theory
2．3．3 The Application of Prototype Theory
Chapter Three Cognitive Approaches to the Prototype Theory
3．1．Cognitive linguistics and Phemenology
3．2 The methodology of quantitative study
3．3 Family Resemblance
Chapter Four Deficiencies of Prototype Theory
4．1 External Validity Experiments
4．2 Combination Category
4．3 The Problem of Subjectivity
4．4 In Semantic Study
Chapter Five Cognitive Motivations of Prototype Effect
5．1 Frequency
5．2 Salience
5．3 A Psycholinguistic Experiment
5．3．1．Design
5．3．2．Processing experiment results
5．3．3．Dicussions and Further applications
5．4 Other Categorization Theories
Chapter Six Conclusion
6．1 Major findings
6．2 Limitations
6．3 Suggestions for further study
6．4 Summary
References
Acknowledgements
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