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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.
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constructional polysemy
Language; Linguistics
The view in construction grammar (2) that a construction (1), just like a word, exhibits polysemy. Consider the following examples of the ditransitive construction : # Max gave ...
constructional profiling
Language; Linguistics
In construction grammar (2), the realization of argument roles in terms of core grammatical relations (subject, direct object or indirect object). Other argument roles may ...
content meaning
Language; Linguistics
The kind of meaning associated with elements in the conceptual content system, as encoded by open class forms. Meaning of this kind is rich in nature and thus contrasts with the ...
content requirement
Language; Linguistics
A constraint proposed by Ronald Langacker which places limits on how the theory of cognitive grammar operates. This requirement holds that the only entities permissible within ...
contextual modulation
Language; Linguistics
A term coined by Alan Cruse . Relates to the fact that in ordinary speech the meaning associated with a lexical item undergoes ‘modulation’ as a result of the context in which it ...
contrast set
Language; Linguistics
A notion developed within the theory of principled polysemy as applied to prepositions. Certain clusters of prepositions appear to pattern as a system serving to divide up various ...
conventional blend
Language; Linguistics
A cognitive entity that while having emerged via the dynamic processes of conceptual integration has nevertheless become relatively well established in a particular linguistic ...
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