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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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experiential basis
Language; Linguistics
According to conceptual metaphor theory, conceptual metaphors are grounded in the nature of our everyday interaction with the world, either directly as in the case of primary ...
external secondary reference object
Language; Linguistics
A kind of secondary reference object which serves to furnish the primary reference object with axial properties in order to locate the figure. An external secondary reference ...
extragrammatical idioms
Language; Linguistics
Examples of idiomatic expressions of this kind do not obey the usual rules of grammar. An example from English is: all of a sudden . In this expression, the quantifier all is ...
facet
Language; Linguistics
A term coined by Alan Cruse . A facet is a word sense that is due to the part-whole structure of an entity and is selected by a specific utterance context. As with a sub-sense, a ...
family resemblance
Language; Linguistics
A notion in prototype theory in which a particular member of a category can be assessed as to how well it reflects the prototype structure of the category it belongs to. This is ...
fictive motion
Language; Linguistics
A term coined by Leonard Talmy . The ascription of motion to an entity that cannot undergo veridical motion. For instance, in the following utterance: The fence runs across the ...
field-based reference frame
Language; Linguistics
A reference frame involving a spatial relation established between a figure and a reference object in which the axial properties associated with the reference object derive from ...
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