Generics as reflecting conceptual knowledge
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Generics as reflecting conceptual knowledge
Generics are proposed to reflect the nature of the conceptual system, whose prototype structure and vague boundaries make an unreliable basis for traditional treatments of truth and logic. Conceptual representations contain information that is considered germane and relevant to an understanding and familiarity with that concept. Such information includes fundamental or ontological features as w...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Recherches linguistiques de Vincennes
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0986-6124,1958-9239
DOI: 10.4000/rlv.2036