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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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integration network
Language; Linguistics

A structure employed in Blending theory in order to model the way in which a blended space is achieved. An integration network consists of mental spaces of three kinds: a generic ...

intention-reading ability
Language; Linguistics

According to Michael Tomasello , one of two abilities essential to the uniquely human ability to acquire language. While the pattern-finding ability allows pre-linguistic infants ...

interpretation
Language; Linguistics

The second of the two constituent processes of fusion (2) in LCCM theory. Interpretation involves activation of part of the cognitive model profile to which each selected lexical ...

invited inferencing theory
Language; Linguistics

A theory of semantic change proposed by Elizabeth Closs Traugott in order to address regularities in semantic change resulting in grammaticalization. This theory is called the ...

joint attention frame
Language; Linguistics

The common ground that facilitates understanding of a communicative intention, established as a consequence of a particular goal-directed activity. When an infant and an adult are ...

landmark (LM)
Language; Linguistics

The secondary participant in a profiled relationship.

language user
Language; Linguistics

A member of a particular linguistic community who, in speaking (and, indeed, in signing or writing), attempts to achieve a particular interactional goal or set of goals using ...

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