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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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idealized cognitive model (ICM)
Language; Linguistics
A theoretical construct developed by George Lakoff in order to account for the typicality effects uncovered by prototype theory. An ICM is a relatively stable mental ...
idiomatic expressions
Language; Linguistics
Conventional linguistic units which are not predictable simply by knowing the grammar ‘rules’ and the vocabulary of a language. For this reason, idiomatic expressions are ...
idioms with pragmatic point
Language; Linguistics
These idiomatic expressions have a very clear pragmatic function, such as greeting ( How do you do ?) or expressing a particular attitude ( What’s your car doing in my parking ...
idioms without pragmatic point
Language; Linguistics
Idioms of this kind are pragmatically neutral, in the sense that they can be used in any pragmatic context. Expressions like by and large and on the whole fall into this ...
image metaphor
Language; Linguistics
A kind of resemblance-based metaphor. An image metaphor is based on perceived physical resemblance. Metaphors of this kind have been studied in detail by George Lakoff and Mark ...
image schema
Language; Linguistics
A relatively abstract conceptual representation that arises directly from our everyday interaction with and observation of the world around us. Image schemas derive from sensory ...
image schema transformation
Language; Linguistics
Because an image schema arises from embodied experience, which is ongoing, image schemas can undergo transformations from one image schema into another. For instance, the source ...
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