Just one minor comment:
a) a core construct is _not necessarily_ a
superordinate construct, an vice versa
Well, I think I know what you meant: I understood you to intend that
they're terminologically distinct entities, and potentially structurally
distinct: a core construct and a superordinate construct could be located
at _different_ levels in a hierarchy.
Functionally, though, a core construct (if, as we're agreed, it concerns
distinctions which are _crucial_ to a person), would surely have
subordinate constructs, and would thereby be structurally superordinate.
NB I was interested in Graham Douglas' comments on Eleanor Rosch's work,
which I haven't come across. Would it be possible to briefly summarise her
idea of natural categories, Graham?
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