Profiling

Profiling

In cognitive grammar, the conceptual 'highlighting' of some aspect of a domain (1). Specifically, profiling is the process whereby an aspect of some base is selected. For example, the expression elbow profiles a substructure within the larger structure arm, which is its base.

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