Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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Conceptual structuring system

Language; Linguistics

One of two systems within Leonard Talmy's Conceptual Structuring System Approach. The conceptual structuring system provides the structure, skeleton or 'scaffolding' for a given scene, across ...

Conceptual structure

Language; Linguistics

Pertains to knowledge representation, including the structure and organisation of concepts in the human conceptual system. Can relate to stable or temporary knowledge structures assembled for ...

Conceptual system

Language; Linguistics

The repository of concepts available to a human being. The repository constitutes a structured and organised inventory which facilitates categorization and conceptualization. Each concept in the ...

Conceptual projection

Language; Linguistics

Relates to conceptual operations involving mappings, such as conceptual metaphor, conceptual metonymy, connectors holding between one mental space and another, and processes central to conceptual ...

One of two systems within Leonard Talmy 's conceptual structuring system approach. The conceptual content system provides the rich meaning supported by the conceptual structuring system. The meaning ...

Conceptual conversion operation

Language; Linguistics

The mechanism whereby the phenomenon of conceptual alternativity is achieved in homologous categories. One kind of conceptual conversion operation is reification.

Hiding and highlighting

Language; Linguistics

The idea in conceptual metaphor theory that when a target domain is structured in terms of a particular source domain, this highlights certain aspects of the target while simultaneously hiding other ...