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Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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autonomy

Language; Linguistics

A termed coined by Alan Cruse in his approach to lexical semantics. Refers to the degree of conventionalization associated with a word-meaning that secures relative context-independence and thus ...

axial properties

Language; Linguistics

In a spatial scene the figure is located by virtue of the axial properties associated with a given reference object. For instance, in a sentence of the following kind: The bike is in front of the ...

axiality

Language; Linguistics

One of the schematic categories in the configurational system. Axiality relates to the way a quantity of space or time is structured according to a directed axis. For example, the adjectives well ...

Aymara

Language; Linguistics

An indigenous language of South America, spoken in the Andean region of Peru, Chile and Bolivia. Aymara is notable for the way in which it structures time. Rafael Núñez and Eve Sweetser report ...

backstage cognition

Language; Linguistics

A term coined by Gilles Fauconnier . Refers to the observation that much of what goes on in the construction of meaning occurs ‘behind the scenes’. Fauconnier argues that language does not encode ...

backward projection

Language; Linguistics

A consequence of conceptual integration. As the input spaces in an integration network remain connected to the blended space, they can be modified as a result of emergent structure in the blended ...

That part of the domain matrix necessary for understanding the profile of a linguistic unit. For instance, the lexical item hypotenuse profiles the longest side of a right-angled triangle. The base ...