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The scientific study of human language.

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constructional polysemy

Language; Linguistics

The view in construction grammar (2) that a construction (1), just like a word, exhibits polysemy. Consider the following examples of the ditransitive construction : # Max gave Bella a biscuit # ...

In construction grammar (2), the realization of argument roles in terms of core grammatical relations (subject, direct object or indirect object). Other argument roles may optionally be present in ...

content meaning

Language; Linguistics

The kind of meaning associated with elements in the conceptual content system, as encoded by open class forms. Meaning of this kind is rich in nature and thus contrasts with the meaning associated ...

content requirement

Language; Linguistics

A constraint proposed by Ronald Langacker which places limits on how the theory of cognitive grammar operates. This requirement holds that the only entities permissible within the grammar of a ...

contextual modulation

Language; Linguistics

A term coined by Alan Cruse . Relates to the fact that in ordinary speech the meaning associated with a lexical item undergoes ‘modulation’ as a result of the context in which it is used. For ...

contrast set

Language; Linguistics

A notion developed within the theory of principled polysemy as applied to prepositions. Certain clusters of prepositions appear to pattern as a system serving to divide up various spatial ...

conventional blend

Language; Linguistics

A cognitive entity that while having emerged via the dynamic processes of conceptual integration has nevertheless become relatively well established in a particular linguistic community. Consequently, ...