Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

Contributors in Linguistics

Linguistics

The Internet is the worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internat Protocol (IP). It is a "network of ...

Lexical valency

Language; Linguistics

The term valence has a related technical meaning in lexical semantics that elaborates on the role of argument structure - it refers to the capacity of other lexical units to combine with the given ...

Glyphs

Language; Linguistics

The term for the abstract entity represented by a glyph is character: a typographical character may be a grapheme (an element of a writing system), but also a numeral, a punctuation mark, or a ...

Dvandva or bicentric compounds

Language; Linguistics

The whole item of this kind of compound is a hyponym of each of the components. Walkie-talkie is both, a hyponym of "walk" and "talk".

Mesostructure

Language; Linguistics

The mesostructure refers to each lexical entry and its relation to other entries within the dictionary (entries in a dictionary are like hypertexts, a network of information).