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Linguistics
The scientific study of human language.
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schema-instance organization
Language; Linguistics
In cognitive grammar, linguistic units are held to form a structured network of schemas. Schemas are modeled in hierarchical fashion in terms of a more abstract schema and more specific instance s.
schematic categories
Language; Linguistics
The categories which make up the schematic systems in the conceptual structuring system approach. Each schematic system is made up of several schematic categories which serve to encode different ...
schematic meaning
Language; Linguistics
The kind of meaning associated with elements in the conceptual structuring system as encoded by closed class forms. Meaning of this kind is not rich in nature, and thus contrasts with the meaning ...
schematic systems
Language; Linguistics
In the conceptual structuring system approach, the conceptual structuring system is based upon a limited number of large-scale schematic systems. These provide the basic organization of the cognitive ...
schematization
Language; Linguistics
A special kind of abstraction. Results in representations that are much less detailed than the actual utterances that give rise to them. Schematisation results in a schema. A schema is achieved by ...
scope of predication
Language; Linguistics
Relates to that part of a domain matrix which is essential for the meaning of a linguistic unit. The scope of predication is divided into two constituent entities, the profile and the base.
search domain
Language; Linguistics
That part of a spatial scene which is indicated, by linguistic prompts, as the region to be ‘searched’ in order to locate the trajector. For instance, the utterance : near the fire is warmer , ...
