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This study delves into the cognitive-semantic prototypes of nouns, focusing on categories like concrete physical objects (rock, tree), environments (moon, sun), body parts (head, hand), kinship (mother, father), and artifacts (hammer, pencil). It also examines less prototypical categories such as groups (nation, family), locations (front, top), abstractions (love, time), and activities/events (attraction, movement). Through inflectional and derivational morphology analysis within various syntactic contexts, this research aims to enhance understanding of noun conceptualization.
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Word Classes Nouns
Criteria • Cognitive-Semantic Prototypes • Inflectional Morphology • Derivational Morphology • Syntactic Contexts
Cognitive-Semantic Prototypes for Nouns • Concrete, physical objects: rock, tree, wolf, apple, etc. • Environment: moon, sun, water, lake, etc. • Body Parts: head, hand, foot, etc. • Kinship: mother, father, daughter, son, etc. • Artifacts: hammer, pencil, house, etc. • Less prototypical include: • Groups: nation, tribe, family, • Locations: front, top, back, bottom • Abstractions: love, freedom, loyalty, time, future, etc. • Activities/Events: attraction, movement, etc. • Speech Events: speech, story, promise, gossip
