Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

Contributors in Linguistics

Linguistics

A structure employed in Blending theory in order to model the way in which a blended space is achieved. An integration network consists of mental spaces of three kinds: a generic space, at least two ...

Instance links

Language; Linguistics

One of a number of inheritance links between constructions posited in construction grammar (2). Involves a type of inheritance (2) in which one construction is a special case of a related ...

Instance

Language; Linguistics

A more specific variant of a given schema. Instances of schemas serve to sanction particular instantiations. These instances, like the more general schema, are entrenched and thus constitute part of ...

Instantiation

Language; Linguistics

Specific instances of language use, in which a usage pattern instantiates its corresponding schema. Instantiations, therefore, are specific instances of use, arising from a schematic representation. ...

Integration

Language; Linguistics

One of the constituent processes of fusion (2) in LCCM theory. Integration involves the construction of larger lexical entities which proceeds by combining linguistic knowledge units: lexical ...

Input spaces

Language; Linguistics

An integration network possesses two or more input spaces from which structure is projected to the blended space. Each input space is a mental space structured with respect to the principles ...

Innovation

Language; Linguistics

The process in which an utterance provides a meaning or utilises a form that breaks with the conventions of the language. This is achieved by virtue of altered replication.