Terminology

Terminology

Terminology is the meaning of terms and thier use.

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Paradigm

Language; Terminology

The set of forms belonging to a particular word-class or member of a word-class. A paradigm can be thought of as a vertical list of forms which can occupy a slot in a syntagm. Pronounced ...

The extent to which the constructs of linguistic theory can be taken to have a basis in the human mind, i.e. to somehow be reflected in human cognitive structures. Many linguists are divided on this ...

Reflexiveness

Language; Terminology

The possibility of using language to talk about language; this is one of its delimiting characteristics with respect to other communication systems.

Rhetoric

Language; Terminology

The technique of speaking effectively in public. Regarded in the past as an art and cultivated deliberately.

Selection adaptation

Language; Terminology

Experimental psycholinguistic. Sensitivity degradation of particular sound features caused by repeated productions in an experiment. For example, when someone is exposed to the sound of [b] they will ...