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FOCAL MEANING AND
PROTOTYPES
WHAT IS FOCAL MEANING?
WHAT IS PROTOTYPES?
Focal Meaning refers to “the best
example” or “most typical example”
of possible meaning that a word
encompasses
Example: Pig- lazy
Snake- traitor
Prototypes are an idealized,
internalized conceptualization of an
object quality.
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Focal meaning and prototypes