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Seminar 3
Categorization
Prepare the answers to the questions and be ready to discuss:
1) The importance of categorization
2) The theory of categorization
3) The classic theory of categorization
4) Word meanings: classic categories
5) Limitations of the classic theory
Recommended Literature:
• Croft, William & Cruse, D Alan. (2004). Cognitive linguistics. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
• Hampe, Beate & Grady, Joseh E. (2005). From perception to meaning: image
schemas in cognitive linguistics. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
• Lakoff, George. (1987). Women, fire, and dangerous things. Chicago: The
University Chicago Press.
• Doise, W., and Sinclair, A. (1973). The categorisation process in intergroup
relations. Eur. J. Soc. Psychol. 3, 145–157. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2420030204