[Sigia-l] graded categories?

[Donna]

Actually, I don't think there is real gradation in this example. 
You eat vegetables only, you eat meat only, or you eat both. Neat 
boundaries. I don't even think that some animals are more central 
or prototypical. I'm thinking there would only be gradation if 
there are things like animals who are usually carnivores, but will 
eat vegetable matter in extreme situations. and I don't know if 
there are animals like that.

Without the category of omnivore, it would be a different 
situation.

And I know that you, Eric, can't make it to Summit, but it can't 
hurt to plug ;)

Donna



On Sun Mar 05 04:15:01 PST 2006, Eric Scheid 
<eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au> wrote:
> 
> So, categories like {carnivore, omnivore, herbivore} might be 
> graded?
> 
>> Dan Brown and I are doing a Lakoff double at the IA Summit this 
>> year...check
>> us out ;)
>>