Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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Linguistics

The idea that experience is embodied entails that we have a species-specific view of the world due to the unique nature of our physical bodies. In other words, our construal of reality is mediated in ...

Embodied construction grammar (ECG)

Language; Linguistics

Embodied construction grammar (ECG) is a recent theory of construction grammar developed by Benjamin Bergen and Nancy Chang together with various collaborators. In this model, the emphasis is on ...

Embodied cognition

Language; Linguistics

One of the guiding principles of cognitive semantics and at the heart of much research in cognitive linguistics. This thesis holds that the human mind and conceptual organisation are a function of ...

Element

Language; Linguistics

An entity within a mental space established by a specific linguistic expression. Elements are entities which can either be constructed on-line in the moment of thinking and speaking or can relate to ...

Domain matrix

Language; Linguistics

The range of possible domains to which a lexical item serves as a point of access. For instance, the lexical item uncle provides access to a large inventory of domains including, at the very least, ...

Ego-based cognitive model for time

Language; Linguistics

A temporal reference frame which serves to 'locate' events by virtue of their relationship to the subjective experience of now or the present. There are two ego-based cognitive models for time in ...

Dominion

Language; Linguistics

A key idea in the cognitive grammar account of reference point phenomena. The dominion constitutes the possible set of targets that a given reference point can invoke.