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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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proto-scene
Language; Linguistics

In the principled polysemy model of lexical representation the central sense for a preposition such as over is directly grounded in a specific kind of recurring spatial scene. ...

prototype
Language; Linguistics

A relatively abstract mental representation that assembles the key attributes or features that best represent instances of a given category. Accordingly, the prototype is viewed ...

prototype structure
Language; Linguistics

Relates to the occurrence of repeated attributes across distinct members, or exemplars, of a particular category which gives rise to a prototype. Prototype structure thus concerns ...

Prototype Theory
Language; Linguistics

A theory of human categorization that was posited by Eleanor Rosch in order to account for experimental findings that she and her colleagues uncovered during the 1970s. ...

protracted duration
Language; Linguistics

The phenomenologically real experience in which time ‘feels’ as if it is proceeding ‘more slowly’ than usual. This experience is attested in situations when more of the perceptual ...

purport
Language; Linguistics

A term coined by Alan Cruse . Relates to the encyclopedic knowledge associated with a given word. Includes the past uses to which a word has been put. In this regard purport is ...

radial category
Language; Linguistics

A category whose members are organized with respect to a composite prototype. The members of the radial category are not generated. Rather, they are extended by convention and ...

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