Cognitive Linguistics
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Project Categorization
Aristotelian category
Categorization
Category
Category boundaries
Fuzziness
Vagueness
Levels of categorization
Basic level
Category-wide attribute
Collective function
Subordinate level
Superordinate level
Parasitic categorization
Prototype category
Bad member
Degree of membership
Extension
Flexible adaptability
Goodness of exemplar
Good member
Informational density
Inheritance
Radial structure
Structural stability
Taxonomy
Class inclusion
Degree of generality
Expert taxonomy
Folk taxonomy
Multiple parenting
Scientific taxonomy


Class inclusion is a primary structural principle in taxonomies and prototype categories. It implies that superordinate and abstract entities include subordinate and specific entities. Thus the superordinate entities serve as classess, or categories for the subordinate ones.

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  • Ungerer, Friedrich & Hans-Jörg Schmid (1996). An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics. London: Longman.
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