Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

Contributors in Linguistics

Linguistics

A notion in cognitive grammar. Relates to the way in which attention is differentially focused on a particular aspect of a given scene. This is achieved in language by a range of focal adjustments ...

Field-based reference frame

Language; Linguistics

A reference frame involving a spatial relation established between a figure and a reference object in which the axial properties associated with the reference object derive from an encompassing ...

Fictive motion

Language; Linguistics

A term coined by Leonard Talmy . The ascription of motion to an entity that cannot undergo veridical motion. For instance, in the following utterance: The fence runs across the field , motion is ...

Figure

Language; Linguistics

The most salient element in figure-ground organization. An idea developed in Gestalt psychology and applied in cognitive linguistics in particular by Leonard Talmy in his conceptual structuring ...

Focus input

Language; Linguistics

In a single scope network, the input space whose structure is the focus of the structuring in the blended space. That is, content from the focus input is structured by the frame supplied by the ...

Focus space

Language; Linguistics

The mental space where new content is currently being added at the moment of speaking.

Lexical profile

Language; Linguistics

The defining property of any given lexical concept, as each lexical concept has a unique lexical profile. A lexical profile relates to the range of semantic arguments and grammatical constructions ...