Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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Social stereotypes

Language; Linguistics

A kind of metonymic ICM. Social stereotype ICMs are ICMs which emerge from public discussion. For instance, the stereotypical bachelor in our culture is a womaniser who lacks domestic ...

Situated embodiment

Language; Linguistics

A view of embodied cognition associated with the work of Jordan Zlatev . Relates to the idea that embodiment, as it emerges in semantic structure in language, is embedded or 'situated' within ...

A relationship, based on spatio-geometric properties, that holds between a figure and a reference object. For instance, in an utterance such as: The bike is beside the building, a spatial relation ...

Phonetics

Language; Linguistics

A branch of linguistics which studies the sounds of human speech, or—in the case of sign languages—the equivalent aspects of sign. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds or ...

Abstraction

Language; Linguistics

In a usage-based model of language, the process whereby structure emerges as the result of the generalisation of patterns across instances of language use. For example, a speaker acquiring English ...

Construction

Language; Linguistics

The term given to the mental inventory of constructions in Adele Goldberg's theory of construction grammar (2). As Goldberg makes no distinction between simplex and complex symbolic assemblies ...

Double-scope network

Language; Linguistics

A type of integration network in which both input spaces also contain distinct frames but the blended space is organised by structure taken from each frame, hence the term 'double-scope'. One ...