Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

Contributors in Linguistics

Linguistics

The linguistic term Sinosphere refers to a grouping of countries and regions that are currently inhabited with a majority of Chinese population of were historically under Chinese cultural influence. ...

Antonym

Language; Linguistics

From the Greek anti ("opposite") and onoma ("name") are word pairs that are opposite in meaning, such as hot and cold, obese and skinny, and up and down. Words may have different antonyms, depending ...

Dictionary

Language; Linguistics

Dictionary is a list of words with their definitions, a list of characters with their glyphs, or a list of words with corresponding words in other languages. In a few languages, words can appear in ...

Hypertext

Language; Linguistics

In computing, hypertext is a user interface paradigm for displaying documents which, according to an early definition (Nelson 1970), "branch or perform on request." Hypertext is a way of organising ...

Extension

Language; Linguistics

In general semantics, extension is a process that, as in this mathematical example, starts with unique individuals, and gives them unique names, e.g., I, II, III, etc., or 1, 2, 3, etc. The next step ...

Synonym

Language; Linguistics

Synonyms are different words with similar or identical meanings and are interchangeable. Antonyms are words with opposite or nearly opposite meanings. (Synonym and antonym are antonyms.) An example ...

Portfolio

Language; Linguistics

In education, portfolio refers to a personal collection of information describing and documenting a person's achievements and learning. There is a variety of portfolios ranging from learning logs to ...