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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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LCCM Theory
Language; Linguistics
A theory of lexical representation and semantic composition developed by Vyvyan Evans that adheres to the guiding principles of cognitive semantics and the guiding principles of ...
let alone construction
Language; Linguistics
A formal idiom studied by Charles Fillmore, Paul Kay and Catherine O’Connor in support of their theory of construction grammar (1). The let alone construction can be described ...
level C
Language; Linguistics
In mental spaces theory, the level at which meaning-construction, or conceptualization, occurs. Level C is a level of conceptual processing ‘above’ the level of semantic structure ...
level of attention
Language; Linguistics
One of the kinds of pattern which serve to govern the distribution of attention in the attentional system. The ‘level of attention’ pattern involves the level of detail at which ...
lexical concept
Language; Linguistics
A unit of semantic structure conventionally associated with a linguistic form central to LCCM theory. Together, a lexical concept and a form make up a linguistic unit : a ...
lexical concept integration
Language; Linguistics
In LCCM theory, the process whereby lexical concepts are integrated in the service of meaning-construction. Lexical concept integration involves two component processes: lexical ...
lexical concept selection
Language; Linguistics
One of the two component processes of lexical concept integration. Lexical concept selection involves selecting the most appropriate lexical concept associated with each form in ...
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