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Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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idiom

Language; Linguistics

Idiom is an expression (i.e. term or phrase) whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal definition and the arrangement of its parts, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is known ...

Valency is closely related, though not identical, to transitivity. Transitivity refers to the number of core arguments of the verb that are not optional (giving intransitive verbs, transitive verbs, ...

introspection

Language; Linguistics

Introspection is contemplation on one's self, as opposed to extrospection, the observation of things external to one's self. Introspection may be used synonymously with self-reflection and used in a ...

zero affix

Language; Linguistics

Zero affix is for instance used to built an irregular plural form. The word “sheep” can be either singular or plural, because its plural morpheme is a zero affix (it does not exist: *sheeps). The ...

polysemy

Language; Linguistics

Polysemy is the capacity for a sign (e.g. a word, phrase, etc...) or signs to have multiple meanings (sememes, i.e. a large semantic field). This is a pivotal concept within social sciences, such as ...

translation

Language; Linguistics

Translation is the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language (the "source text") and the production, in another language, of an equivalent text (the "target text," or "translation") ...

encoding

Language; Linguistics

Encoding is the process of transforming information from one format into another. The opposite operation is called decoding. Character encoding or character set (sometimes referred to as code page) ...