Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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displacement

Language; Linguistics

A design feature of human language which allows users to symbolize objects, events and concepts which are not present in time and space, at the moment of communication.

phatic communion

Language; Linguistics

One function of human language,which refers to the social interaction of language.

metalanguage

Language; Linguistics

In logic and linguistics, a metalanguage is a language used to make statements about other languages (object languages). Formal syntactic models for the description of grammar, e.g. generative ...

macrolinguistics

Language; Linguistics

The interactive study between language and language-related disciplines such as psychology, sociology, ethnography, science of law and artificial intelligence etc. Branches of macrolinguistics ...