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The scientific study of human language.

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relationships between symbolic assemblies

Language; Linguistics

In cognitive grammar, the set of interlinking and overlapping relationships holding between symbolic assemblies. There are three kinds of relationships that constitute the network: (1) symbolization ...

replicator

Language; Linguistics

An element of language realized in an utterance. A central construct in utterance selection theory.

resemblance-based metaphor

Language; Linguistics

A metaphor based on a perceived resemblance between two entities rather than being motivated by embodied experience. Resemblance based metaphor thus contrasts with correlation based metaphor. An ...

resultative construction

Language; Linguistics

One of the verb argument constructions studied by Adele Goldberg in the development of her theory of construction grammar (2). The resultative construction is illustrated by the examples below: # ...

role reversal imitation

Language; Linguistics

The third aspect of the human intention-reading ability, central to first language acquisition. Infants who understand that people manifest intentional behavior may attend to and learn (by imitation) ...

role-value readings

Language; Linguistics

The observation in mental spaces theory that ambiguities which arise in noun phrases (NPs) with definite reference are due to the NP possessing two possible readings: one relating to a role and one ...

spatial relation

Language; Linguistics

A relationship, based on spatio-geometric properties, that holds between a figure and a reference object. For instance, in an utterance such as: The bike is beside the building, a spatial relation ...