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Prototype Categories

Prototype Categories is a theoretical construct in conceptual semantics that identifies a cognitive category organized around a central, most representative instance—the prototype—distinguishing it from classical set-based categories by allowing graded membership and fuzzy boundaries based on similarity to the prototype.

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Linguistic categorization: Prototypes in linguistic theory

P. H. Matthews · Lingua · 1992 · 548 citations

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Prototypes in the mist: The early epochs of category learning.

J. David Smith, John Paul Minda · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition · 1998 · 476 citations

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The concept of love viewed from a prototype perspective.

Beverley Fehr, James A. Russell · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1991 · 389 citations

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Relations between Prototype, Exemplar, and Decision Bound Models of Categorization

F. Gregory Ashby, W. Todd Maddox · Journal of Mathematical Psychology · 1993 · 371 citations

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Domains and image schemas

Cognitive Linguistics · 1999 · 302 citations

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Authors

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  1. JP
    John Paul Minda

    Western University, Canada

    6 publications · 1K citations

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  2. CC
    Ciro Civile

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 42 citations

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  3. RM
    Robert M. Nosofsky

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    3 publications · 143 citations

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  4. MJ
    Masako Jitsumori

    Chiba University, Japan

    3 publications · 107 citations

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  5. JD
    J. David Smith

    University at Buffalo, State University of New York, United States

    3 publications · 405 citations

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  1. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    279 citations

  2. Chiba University

    Chiba, Japan

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    142 citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    413 citations

  4. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    213 citations

  5. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    157 citations

  6. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    459 citations

  7. University at Buffalo, State University of New York

    Buffalo, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    485 citations

  8. Adaptive Cognitive Systems

    Bellingham, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    206 citations

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  2. Memory & Cognition

    6 publications · 258 citations

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  3. Cognitive Science

    4 publications · 343 citations

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  4. Cognitive Linguistics

    3 publications · 468 citations

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  5. Child Development

    3 publications · 132 citations

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