Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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frame semantics

Language; Linguistics

An approach to cognitive lexical semantics developed by Charles Fillmore . Attempts to uncover the properties of the structured inventory of knowledge associated with words, and to consider what ...

framing input

Language; Linguistics

In a single scope network, the input space which serves to structure the blended space by virtue of projection of its frame.

full-specification model

Language; Linguistics

An approach to cognitive lexical semantics associated with the work of George Lakoff . In his work on the English preposition over Lakoff argued for a highly detailed inventory of senses as being ...

Relates to findings deriving from prototype theory. A fuzzy category, which can be contrasted with a classical category, is a category whose members exhibit degrees of family resemblance, with the ...

generalization commitment

Language; Linguistics

One of two key commitments of the cognitive linguistics enterprise. It constitutes a commitment to the characterization of general principles that are responsible for all aspects of human ...

generators

Language; Linguistics

A kind of metonymic ICM. Members of some categories are ‘generated’ by a core subset of category members called generators. These generators are judged to be more prototypical than the other category ...

generic space

Language; Linguistics

In an integration network, the generic space provides information that is abstract enough to be common to both (or all) the input spaces. blending theory holds that integration networks are, in part, ...