Publications
Publication details [#2277]
Coleman, Linda and Paul Kay. 1981. Prototype semantics: The English word 'lie'. Language 57 (1) : 26–44. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
Report of an experiment showing that the notions of prototype and gradience are relevant for the analysis of linguistic action verbs such as 'to lie'.