Terminology

Terminology

Terminology is the meaning of terms and thier use.

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paradigm

Language; Terminology

The set of forms belonging to a particular word-class or member of a word-class. A paradigm can be thought of as a vertical list of forms which can occupy a slot in a syntagm. Pronounced ...

lay speaker

Language; Terminology

A general term to refer to an individual who does not possess linguistic training and who can be taken to be largely unaware of the structure of language.

generative

Language; Terminology

A reference to a type of linguistic analysis which relies heavily on the formulation of rules for the exhaustive description (generation) of the sentences of a language.

A broad term for investigations which are concerned with the nature of language, procedures of linguistic analysis, etc. without considering to what use these can be put. It contrasts explicitly with ...

figurative

Language; Terminology

Any use of a word in a non-literal sense, e.g. at the foot of the mountain where foot is employed figuratively to indicate the bottom of the mountain.