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Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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Cognitive model

Language; Linguistics

A central construct in LCCM theory. Cognitive models, while related to the notion of frame, semantic frame and domain (1), are distinct from all three. The distinct notion of cognitive model is ...

Cognitive linguistics

Language; Linguistics

The branch of linguistics that interprets language in terms of the concepts, sometimes universal, sometimes specific to a particular tongue, which underlie its forms. Cognitive linguistics is ...

Constructional polysemy

Language; Linguistics

The view in construction grammar (2) that a construction (1), just like a word, exhibits polysemy. Consider the following examples of the ditransitive construction : # Max gave Bella a biscuit # ...

Contextual modulation

Language; Linguistics

A term coined by Alan Cruse . Relates to the fact that in ordinary speech the meaning associated with a lexical item undergoes 'modulation' as a result of the context in which it is used. For ...

In construction grammar (2), the realisation of argument roles in terms of core grammatical relations (subject, direct object or indirect object). Other argument roles may optionally be present in ...

Content meaning

Language; Linguistics

The kind of meaning associated with elements in the conceptual content system, as encoded by open class forms. Meaning of this kind is rich in nature and thus contrasts with the meaning associated ...

Content requirement

Language; Linguistics

A constraint proposed by Ronald Langacker which places limits on how the theory of cognitive grammar operates. This requirement holds that the only entities permissible within the grammar of a ...