word
Radial Category
RAY-dee-ul KAT-uh-gor-ee
/ˈreɪdiəl ˈkætəɡɔːri/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
radialcategory
Dictionary meaning
A category structure in which a central prototype is linked to peripheral members through motivated but non-predictable extensions; used by Lakoff to analyse polysemy and family-resemblance structures.
Examples
- The English word 'over' forms a radial category with a core spatial sense extended to temporal and abstract uses.
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