Essays about: "prototypical semantics"

Found 2 essays containing the words prototypical semantics.

1. 1. Is there a prototype for the concept of game? : A comparative study of informant reactions in Minnesota and Sweden

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Helena Leine; [2009]
   Keywords : semantics; prototypes; comparison;

   Abstract : The aim of this study was to investigate if there exists a prototypical example of the notion game in two cultures, Sweden and Minnesota, USA, and in that case, if it is the same or if possible similarities are greater within generations, regardless of nationality. A questionnaire asking informants to name, in their eyes, typical games was sent to 48 Americans and 53 Swedes. READ MORE

3. 2. Five English Verbs : A Comparison between Dictionary meanings and Meanings in Corpus collocations

   University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

   Author : Susanne Sörensen; [2006]
   Keywords : word convention; verbum; utterance; polysemy; polysemous verb; lexical item; prototypical semantics; computational linguistics; monosemous units of meaning; principle of lexical contrast; valency pattern; selectional restrictions; collocational string; collocational profile; disambiguation;

   Abstract : In Norstedts Comprehensive English-Swedish Dictionary (2000) it is said that the numbered list of senses under each headword is frequency ordered. Thus, the aim of this study is to see whether this frequency order of senses agrees with the frequencies appearing in the British National Corpus (BNC). Five English, polysemous verbs were studied. READ MORE