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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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construction
Language; Linguistics

The term given to the mental inventory of constructions in Adele Goldberg’s theory of construction grammar (2). As Goldberg makes no distinction between simplex and complex ...

construction grammar
Language; Linguistics

A theory of grammar developed by Charles Fillmore, Paul Kay and their collaborators. While this theory is broadly generative in orientation, it sets the scene for the ...

domain
Language; Linguistics

A conceptual entity employed in conceptual metaphor theory and related approaches to conceptual projection such as approaches to conceptual metonymy and primary metaphor theory. ...

elaboration
Language; Linguistics

In blending theory, one of the three component processes that give rise to emergent structure in the blended space. Elaboration is the process whereby structure which emerges due ...

fusion
Language; Linguistics

In construction grammar (2), the process whereby a verb’s participant roles are integrated with a construction’s argument roles. The process of fusion is governed by two ...

ground
Language; Linguistics

In cognitive grammar, this term relates to any utterance and includes the participants, the time of speaking and the immediate physical context. Subjective construal and objective ...

inheritance
Language; Linguistics

The idea that constructions in the contraction follow the Principle of maximized motivation by inheriting structure (form and/or meaning) from one another. This is modeled in ...

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