Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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Objectivist semantics

Language; Linguistics

The general label applied by cognitive linguists (particularly Gilles Fauconnier, George Lakoff and Ronald Langacker in their writings) to formal approaches to semantics which assume that ...

A form of construal in which there is explicit dependence on the ground and thus the context of the utterance, including participants, time of the speech event and so on. The greater the attention ...

Neural theory of language

Language; Linguistics

A project involving linguists and cognitive scientists attempting to use computational techniques in order to model the way in which the brain gives rise to linguistic organisation and ...

Open class forms

Language; Linguistics

A set of linguistic forms to which it is typically easier for a language to add new members. In English these are nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. In terms of the meaning contributed by the ...

Multiplex trajector

Language; Linguistics

A trajector that involves multiple entities as in the following example: the sand all over the floor . The sand here represents a multiple trajector as the example designates all the points in space ...

Nominal predication

Language; Linguistics

In cognitive grammar, a nominal predication relates to the schematic meaning encoded by nouns and noun phrases (nominals). The term 'predication' relates to meaning and refers to the semantic pole of ...

Normal replication

Language; Linguistics

The linguemes in any given utterance are usually associated with a conventional meaning. Normal replication occurs when linguemes are used in accordance with the conventions of the language.