Research Article

A COMPARASION ON THE PROTOTYPES IN TURKISH AND TAIWANESE

Number: 159 March 1, 2013
  • Seda Gökmen
  • Chih-yung Lı
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A COMPARASION ON THE PROTOTYPES IN TURKISH AND TAIWANESE

Abstract

Categorization has been very important in the fields of Cognitive Science andLinguistics. Each of the linguistic units in our languages is relative to categorization. Researches in categorization, therefore, can help us to understandhow human thinks and how our brains work. Categorization has been unquestionable for thousands of years under the effect of the Greek philosopherAristoteles. Years after, since the researches of Rosch, categorization became a topic under examination again. In Turkey, Gökmen 2013, Seferoğlu 1999 andÖnal 2012 had done many researches on categorization. However, although manyresearches in different languages have been done, there are only a few on the comparison of prototypes between different cultures. In this paper, the prototypes of vegetable, bird, fruit, fish, relatives, instrument, tree, dessert, and beverage willbe examined again in Turkey and Taiwan. In this research the internal structures of categorization; the sequences, numbers and frequencies of the members; therelationships under categories; and basic levels of turkish and taiwanese being tested, the influence of geographies, cultures, and living styles between the two culture will be studied. Any other new discoveries will too be mentioned in thispaper

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Linguistics

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Seda Gökmen This is me

Chih-yung Lı This is me

Publication Date

March 1, 2013

Submission Date

January 1, 2013

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2013 Number: 159

APA
Gökmen, S., & Lı, C.- yung. (2013). A COMPARASION ON THE PROTOTYPES IN TURKISH AND TAIWANESE. Dil Dergisi, 159, 12-27. https://doi.org/10.1501/Dilder_0000000184

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