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The scientific study of human language.

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Boundedness

Language; Linguistics

One of the schematic categories in the configurational system. Boundedness relates to whether a quantity is understood as having inherent boundaries (bounded) or not (unbounded). In the domain of ...

According to prototype theory, the level of category formation which is held to be optimal for human beings in terms of cognitive economy. This level of categorization provides a level of information ...

Caused motion construction

Language; Linguistics

One of the verb argument constructions studied by Adele Goldberg in the development of her theory of construction grammar (2). This construction (1) has the syntax (subj (v obj obl)), where obl ...

Chaining

Language; Linguistics

A phenomenon exhibited in a radial category between distinct senses (or lexical concepts ) associated with a given word. Chaining relates to the situation whereby new senses emerge that are ...

Classical category

Language; Linguistics

A category, so called because it is possible to provide necessary and jointly sufficient conditions for determining that an entity belongs to a particular category. Examples of such categories ...

Building block metaphor

Language; Linguistics

A term coined by Ronald Langacker . Relates to the view, held by scholars in formal linguistics, that the meaning of a complex expression is the result of compositionally adding the meaning of the ...

Basic domain

Language; Linguistics

A domain (1) which derives directly from human embodied experience, and which stands in contrast to an abstract domain. Basic domains are derived from both sensory experience and subjective ...