Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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Bilingualised dictionary

Language; Linguistics

Bilingualised dictionaries contain the monolingual information about a word and its translation into the learner's mother tongue.

Access route

Language; Linguistics

The path of activation through a cognitive model profile afforded by a lexical concept given the particular linguistic and extralinguistic context in which it is embedded.

Active zone

Language; Linguistics

That part of an entity which is cognitively activated, and thus 'active', by virtue of linguistic context. For instance, in examples such as the following: # Max heard the trumpet # Max saw the ...

Argument structure

Language; Linguistics

The number of arguments, that is participants or entities, that a word-level relational predication such as a verb may be combined with. For instance, a verb like die only involves a single ...

The process of language change whereby innovation occurs. Altered replication takes place when a replicator is altered slightly in an utterance. For an innovation to give rise to language change, the ...

Action chain

Language; Linguistics

A model proposed in cognitive grammar which serves as the conceptual basis for the semantic notions of agent and patient. An action chain involves an active 'energy source' that transfers energy to ...

Atemporal relations

Language; Linguistics

A sub-category of the larger category relational predication. Atemporal relations include prepositions, adjectives, adverbs and non-finite verb forms (infinitives and participles), and contrast with ...