CATEGORIAL ORGANIZATION OF ABSTRACT NOUNS (BASED ON QUALITATIVE NOUNS)

CATEGORIAL ORGANIZATION OF ABSTRACT NOUNS (BASED ON QUALITATIVE NOUNS)

Author:  Galina P. Kuzikevich

Affiliation:  Belorussian national technical university

Abstract: 
The article deals with the problem of categorial structure of qualitative nouns of German, based on (in)variant and prototypical principles of categorization. The nouns are divided into 4 subcategories, thought as fuzzy sets. Their components are connected with one another by means of certain kinds of inner-categorial ties.

Keywords:  qualitative nouns, categorization, prototypical principle of categorization, (in)variant principle of categorization, subcategory, fuzzy sets, inner-categorial ties

Pages:  5-18