Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

Contributors in Linguistics

Linguistics

A term coined by Jens Allwood . Relates to the notion that word-meaning is a function of encyclopaedic knowledge plus knowledge of the way the word has been used in the past. On this view, words do ...

Projector-based reference frame

Language; Linguistics

As with the guide-post reference frame, this reference frame also involves an external secondary reference object. In this type of reference frame, the secondary reference object is an animate ...

Profiled relationship

Language; Linguistics

In cognitive grammar, a linguistically encoded relationship between two or more participants in a given scene. For instance, in an utterance such as: Max kicked the ball , there is a profiled ...

Projected reality

Language; Linguistics

A term coined by Ray Jackendoff . Relates to the human construal of reality which is determined by the specifics of human cognitive, neurological and perceptual mechanisms and processes. From this ...

Profile determinant

Language; Linguistics

In cognitive grammar, the head of a construction (2). The 'head' of a phrase is a single word that determines the categorical status of the phrase (for example, a noun heads a noun phrase). Consider ...

Profile

Language; Linguistics

The entity or relation designated by a word. The profile functions by highlighting a substructure within a larger unit known as the base. Take the example hypotenuse . This word profiles the longest ...

Profiling

Language; Linguistics

In cognitive grammar, the conceptual 'highlighting' of some aspect of a domain (1). Specifically, profiling is the process whereby an aspect of some base is selected. For example, the expression ...