Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

Contributors in Linguistics

Linguistics

In construction grammar (2 ), the 'slots' encoded by a particular verb which determine what participant types can be combined with the verb. This follows from the assumption that the semantics of any ...

Overt closed class forms

Language; Linguistics

These are closed class forms that have conventional phonetic realization. Overt closed class forms can be bound morphemes (for example, inflectional morphemes such as the -s plural marker as in ...

Parameters of focal adjustment

Language; Linguistics

There are three parameters along which a focal adjustment can vary. The three parameters are: (1) selection ; (2) perspective ; and (3) abstraction (2). Together, these parameters provide different ...

Speech community

Language; Linguistics

A Speech community is a group of people who share a set of norms and expectations regarding the use of language.

Neologism

Language; Linguistics

Neologism is new word or expression, or an existing word used with a new meaning.

Relexification

Language; Linguistics

A mechanism whereby the vocabulary of a language is replaced by the vocabulary of another, without the basic rules of grammar changing significantly. An example is the Michif language, spoken by ...

Morphology

Language; Linguistics

A brach of linguistics which studies the identification, analysis and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units, such as root words, affixes, parts of ...