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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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activation
Language; Linguistics

The process, in LCCM theory, whereby part of the semantic potential to which a lexical concept affords access is recruited for purposes of local communication in a given ...

active zone
Language; Linguistics

That part of an entity which is cognitively activated, and thus ‘active’, by virtue of linguistic context. For instance, in examples such as the following: # Max heard the ...

altered replication
Language; Linguistics

The process of language change whereby innovation occurs. Altered replication takes place when a replicator is altered slightly in an utterance. For an innovation to give rise to ...

argument roles
Language; Linguistics

In construction grammar (2), a semantic ‘slot’ associated with sentence-level constructions such as verb argument constructions. Argument roles include agent and patient and ...

argument structure
Language; Linguistics

The number of arguments, that is participants or entities, that a word-level relational predication such as a verb may be combined with. For instance, a verb like die only ...

atemporal relations
Language; Linguistics

A sub-category of the larger category relational predication. Atemporal relations include prepositions, adjectives, adverbs and non-finite verb forms (infinitives and ...

attentional system
Language; Linguistics

One of the four schematic systems which form part of the conceptual structuring system. The attentional system governs the distribution of attention over matter and action (scenes ...

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