摘要
本文在阐述原型范畴理论产生的历史背景基础上,论述了原型范畴理论的进步意义与局限性。同经典范畴理论相比,原型范畴理论体现出范畴化的主客观互动性、范畴边界的模糊性以及范畴成员具有不同的典型性,这是原型范畴理论的进步所在;同时原型范畴理论自身也存在难以克服的局限:基于相似性的范畴化问题、范畴原型的可变性以及忽视了定义严密的概念范畴。把握原型范畴理论的进步与局限能在理论上深化我们对语言范畴化的认识。
This paper discusses the progress and limitations of prototype theory on the basis of the historical background of the prototype.Compared with the classical theory,the prototype theory has made some progress,e.g.,reflection of subjective and objective interactivity of categorization and presention of the vagueness of category boundaries as well as typicality of category members.Meanwhile the prototype theory itself also has insurmountable limits： problems of categorization based on similarity,variability of prototypes and neglect of the closely defined concepts.Grasping the progress and limitations of prototype theory can theoretically deepen our understanding of language categorization.
出处
《宁波工程学院学报》
2011年第2期35-39,共5页
Journal of Ningbo University of Technology
基金
2010年宁波工程学院高教研究所资助项目(项目编号:NG10020)
关键词
原型范畴理论
范畴化本质
范畴原型
prototype theory
essence of categorization
category prototype
