Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

Contributors in Linguistics

Linguistics

An allomorph is a linguistic term for a variant form of a morpheme. The concept occurs when a unit of meaning can vary in sound (phonologically) without changing meaning. It is used in linguistics to ...

Definition by nearest kind and specific differences

Language; Linguistics

A standard dictionary definition (definiens) illustrates the genus proximum and the differentia specifica of the definiendum.

Bahuvrihi or exocentric compounds

Language; Linguistics

An exocentric compound is a compound whose exact meaning does not refer to the signified. A read- head for instance does not really have a red head. This is not a hyponym at all.

Encyclopaedia

Language; Linguistics

An encyclopedia, encyclopaedia or (traditionally) encyclopædia, is a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge.

Network

Language; Linguistics

An interrelated, interconnected list which is found in dictionaries and online documents.

Orthography

Language; Linguistics

The orthography of a language is the set of symbols (glyphs and diacritics) used to write a language, as well as the set of rules describing how to write these glyphs, including spelling, ...

Macrostructure

Language; Linguistics

The notion of macrostructure has been used in several disciplines in order to distinguish large-scale, or 'global' structures, from small-scale, or 'local' structures, that is, microstructure. The ...