Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

Contributors in Linguistics

Linguistics

One of the factors which governs the attentional system in the conceptual structuring system. Relates to the relative prominence of referents: whether they are either backgrounded or foregrounded. ...

Summary scanning

Language; Linguistics

One type of scanning. In summary scanning, aspects of a scene are scanned cumulatively and are simultaneously present in the conceptual representation. This gives rise to a gestalt representation of ...

Superschemas

Language; Linguistics

Those elements of conceptual structure that are shared both by the primary target concept and the primary source concept in a given primary metaphor.

Neurolinguistics

Language; Linguistics

The study of the neural mechanisms in the human brain that control the comprehension, production, and acquisition of language. As an interdisciplinary field, neurolinguistics draws methodology and ...

Sociolinguistics

Language; Linguistics

The descriptive study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used, and the effects of language use on society.

Optimality theory

Language; Linguistics

A linguistic model proposing that the observed forms of language arise from the interaction between conflicting constraints. OT models grammars as systems that provide mappings from inputs to ...

Generative phonology

Language; Linguistics

A component of generative grammar that assigns the correct phonetic representations to utterances in such a way as to reflect a native speaker's internalised grammar.