Tambov
All-Russian academic journal
“Issues of Cognitive Linguistics”

APPLYING PROTOTYPE THEORY TO GRAMMAR: THE CASE OF THE ENGLISH MIDDLE

APPLYING PROTOTYPE THEORY TO GRAMMAR: THE CASE OF THE ENGLISH MIDDLE


Author:  Maxim A. Martynov

Affiliation:  Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics And Finance

Abstract
The article analyses the possibility of prototype theory application for identifying the structure and describing functional mechanisms of grammatical categories in general and the category of middle voice in English in particular. The theory itself (as formulated by E. Rosch) explains mental mechanisms of natural semantic categories' structuring. The article gives a special account of prototype as the organizing centre of grammatical category

Keywords:  prototype theory; linguistic categorization; grammatical category; middle voice in English.

Pages:  51-58

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