Re: [jboske] RE: Re: lo'edu'u

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

And Rosta scripsit:

> And I think that prototype theory
> would accept that the statistical mode is an important factor
> in defining prototypes, though it is not the only factor nor an
> overriding one.

Agreed. Swans would remain prototypically white even if Australia were
crawling with black swans to the extent that they outnumbered all the
Eurasian and American ones.

> But of course this does not mean that a claim about
> a prototype is a claim about a statistical mode.

+1

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