Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

Contributors in Linguistics

Linguistics

One of the factors which governs the attentional system in the conceptual structuring system. Relates to the way in which patterns of attention are organized. There are three kinds of pattern: focus ...

Specific-level metaphor

Language; Linguistics

A term coined by George Lakoff and Mark Turner in their application of conceptual metaphor theory to poetic metaphor. Relates to a relatively specific or fine-grained level of metaphoric ...

Space builders

Language; Linguistics

In mental spaces theory, mental spaces are set up by space builders which are linguistic units that either prompt for the construction of a new mental space or shift attention back and forth between ...

Source domain

Language; Linguistics

In conceptual metaphor theory the source domain is the domain (2) which provides structure by virtue of metaphor. This is achieved by cross-domain mappings projecting structure from the source domain ...

Single-scope network

Language; Linguistics

A type of integration network. In the single scope network both input spaces contain a frame but each is distinct. Furthermore, only one of the input frames structures the blend. Consider the ...

Spatial scene

Language; Linguistics

A unit of spatial experience as encoded in language. Spatial scenes are configured according to four parameters: a figure, also known as the trajector ; a reference object, also known as the landmark ...

Socio-cognitive mechanisms in language acquisition

Language; Linguistics

Relates to the view that children bring a battery of socio-cognitive skills to the language acquisition process and is advocated by developmental psycholinguists who take an emergentism perspective. ...