ЛІНГВІСТИЧНА КАТЕГОРИЗАЦІЯ: ВІД АРИСТОТЕЛЯ ДО IMAL (ISOLATING-MONOCATEGORIAL-ASSOCIATIONAL LANGUAGE)

Abstract

The article presents the critical review of modern theories of linguistic categorization in view of using natural
language categorization as a means of formal knowledge description. The article targets at integrating
the classical conceptions of linguistic categorization, based on the postulates of logic and philosophy, and
cognitive categorization described within the framework of the prototype theory. The categorization potential
of the formal language IMAL has been carefully analyzed. Basic ways of using linguistic categorization
in formal coding of language are suggested.