Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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Linguistics

Closed class forms that have no phonetic realization but represent speaker knowledge of grammatical categories such as noun and verb, their sub-categories (for example, count noun and mass noun) and ...

inheritance links

Language; Linguistics

In construction grammar (2), the links between constructions in the construction, allowing one construction to ‘inherit’ structure from another. The types of inheritance links proposed are: polysemy ...

(see also blending theory.)

Language; Linguistics

inner-space relation

Language; Linguistics

In an integration network, an inner space relation is a vital relation that has undergone compression giving rise to emergent structure in the blended space. Typically, an inner-space relation ...

innovation

Language; Linguistics

The process in which an utterance provides a meaning or utilizes a form that breaks with the conventions of the language. This is achieved by virtue of altered replication.

input spaces

Language; Linguistics

An integration network possesses two or more input spaces from which structure is projected to the blended space. Each input space is a mental space structured with respect to the principles ...

verb-island construction

Language; Linguistics

A type of utterance schema. As most utterance schemas appear to revolve around verb-like elements, Michael Tomasello labels these units verb-island constructions.