Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

Industry: Language

Add a new term

Contributors in Linguistics

Become a Contributors

Linguistics

construction

Language; Linguistics

The term given to the mental inventory of constructions in Adele Goldberg’s theory of construction grammar (2). As Goldberg makes no distinction between simplex and complex symbolic assemblies ...

construction grammar

Language; Linguistics

A theory of grammar developed by Charles Fillmore, Paul Kay and their collaborators. While this theory is broadly generative in orientation, it sets the scene for the development of cognitively ...

A conceptual entity employed in conceptual metaphor theory and related approaches to conceptual projection such as approaches to conceptual metonymy and primary metaphor theory. Conceptual domains ...

elaboration

Language; Linguistics

In blending theory, one of the three component processes that give rise to emergent structure in the blended space. Elaboration is the process whereby structure which emerges due to composition and ...

fusion

Language; Linguistics

In construction grammar (2), the process whereby a verb’s participant roles are integrated with a construction’s argument roles. The process of fusion is governed by two principles: the Semantic ...

ground

Language; Linguistics

In cognitive grammar, this term relates to any utterance and includes the participants, the time of speaking and the immediate physical context. Subjective construal and objective construal are ...

inheritance

Language; Linguistics

The idea that constructions in the contraction follow the Principle of maximized motivation by inheriting structure (form and/or meaning) from one another. This is modeled in construction grammar by ...