Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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cognitive grammar

Language; Linguistics

The theoretical framework associated with Ronald Langacker which has been under development since the mid-1970s and is best represented in his two Foundations of cognitive grammar volumes ...

cognitive lexical semantics

Language; Linguistics

An approach to lexical semantics (word-meaning) that assumes the guiding principles of cognitive semantics. Key contributors to this approach include Claudia Brugman, Hubert Cuyckens, Paul Deane, ...

cognitive linguistics

Language; Linguistics

The branch of linguistics that interprets language in terms of the concepts, sometimes universal, sometimes specific to a particular tongue, which underlie its forms. Cognitive linguistics is ...

cognitive model

Language; Linguistics

A central construct in LCCM theory. Cognitive models, while related to the notion of frame, semantic frame and domain (1), are distinct from all three. The distinct notion of cognitive model is ...

cognitive model profile

Language; Linguistics

A theoretical construct in LCCM theory. Refers to the set of cognitive models to which a given lexical concept affords access. The cognitive model profile serves to provide the semantic potential ...

cognitive poetics

Language; Linguistics

An approach to the study of literature which applies ideas, constructs and methodology from cognitive linguistics. One of the most influential pioneers in cognitive poetics is Mark Turner .

A term coined by Leonard Talmy, similar in nature to the notion of the conceptual system. In Talmy’s conceptual structuring system approach the language user employs linguistic resources specialized ...