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The scientific study of human language.

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Language; Linguistics

Refers to the phenomenon in LCCM theory whereby the selection of a given lexical concept makes a particular cognitive model profile accessible for activation. In practise only a small part of a ...

The idea that constructions in the contraction follow the Principle of maximised motivation by inheriting structure (form and/or meaning) from one another. This is modelled in construction grammar by ...

Ground

Language; Linguistics

In cognitive grammar, this term relates to any utterance and includes the participants, the time of speaking and the immediate physical context. Subjective construal and objective construal are ...

Fusion

Language; Linguistics

In construction grammar (2), the process whereby a verb's participant roles are integrated with a construction's argument roles. The process of fusion is governed by two principles: the Semantic ...

Conceptual metaphor theory

Language; Linguistics

A theoretical framework developed by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson , but also associated with other influential scholars including Zoltán Kövecses, Raymond Gibbs, Eve Sweetser and Mark Turner ...

Conceptual integration

Language; Linguistics

The process that results in the formation of a blended space in an integration network, giving rise to emergent structure. To illustrate, consider the following utterance: In France Clinton wouldn't ...

Conceptual structuring system approach

Language; Linguistics

The approach to grammar developed by Leonard Talmy . Like other cognitive approaches to grammar Talmy assumes the symbolic thesis and thus treats grammatical units as being inherently meaningful. ...