What is categorization?

What is categorization?

• Group-6
• Student –Begaliyeva Zarnigor

Categorization is defined as a mental process of taxonomic activity ,regulated presentation of various phenomena classified according to their essential , category characteristics.

• Categories are distinguished according to the level of inclusiveness.The category fruit is more inclusive than apple.

plum
grape
banana
peach
cherry
fruit
Furniture
chair
table
bed

cutlery

spoon
fork
knife

According to inclusiveness ,the following levels are differentiated :

Superordinate

• The most inclusive level

basic

• Is between the most inclusive and the least inclusive

subordinate

• The least inclusive level

superordinate
furniture
fruit
basic
Table,chair,bed
Apple,peach
subordinate
cardtable
grannysmith

• The prototype approach to categorization requires that the list of attributes (features) for a particular category should be established. However, this appears to be one of the problems with prototype theory inasmuch as it is rather difficult to give the full range of attributes ascribed to a particular category. The following lists of attributes can be given as examples:

Makes things , fixes things,metal

• You wear it ,keeps you warm

• Four legs, sits ,holds people

tool
clothing
chair

• In summing up, the following conclusions can be made:
• • conceptualization and categorization are the fundamental mental processes of human cognition and the key notions of the cognitive approach to language;
• • conceptualization is a mental process of concept formation in the individual’s mind, one of the main processes of human cognitive activity connected with composing knowledge structures on the basis of linguistic data and encyclopedic information;
• • categorization is a mental process of human taxonomic activity, regulated presentation of various phenomena classified according to their essential category features (attributes);