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Lexical Semantics
Dirk Geeraerts
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Lexical Semantics Introduction Lexical semantics is the study of word meaning. Two issues of demarcation are relevant in this respect. First, ...
Lexical-Functional Grammar
Yehuda N. Falk
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Lexical-Functional Grammar Introduction Lexical-functional grammar, usually referred to as LFG, is a theoretical approach to syntax and related...
Linguistic Relativity
Peggy Li, David Barner
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Linguistic Relativity Introduction Linguistic relativity, sometimes called the Whorfian hypothesis, posits that properties of language affect t...
Linguistics, Algonquian
Conor McDonough Quinn
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Algonquian Linguistics Introduction The traditional and post-European contact range of the Algonquian languages covers an enormous area: roughl...
Linguistics, Austronesian
Alexander Adelaar
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Austronesian Linguistics Introduction Austronesian linguistics is the linguistic study of languages belonging to the Austronesian language fami...
Linguistics, Cognitive
Vyvyan Evans
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Cognitive Linguistics Introduction Cognitive linguistics is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of language, mind, and sociocultural exp...
Linguistics, Computational
Robert Dale
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Computational Linguistics Introduction Computational linguistics (CL) is an interdisciplinary mix of computer science and linguistics with addi...
Loanwords
Yoonjung Kang
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Loanwords Introduction When two languages come into contact, words are borrowed from one language to another. Lexical borrowings, or loanwords...
Mass-Count Distinction
Alan Bale, David Barner
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Mass-Count Distinction Introduction The mass-count distinction is reflected in the syntax and semantics of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and quanti...
Mathematical Linguistics
Alice G.B. ter Meulen
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Mathematical Linguistics Introduction Mathematical linguistics is a field of scientific linguistic inquiry applying mathematical methods and co...
Morphology
Mark Aronoff
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Morphology Introduction Morphology, the study of forms, is the branch of linguistics that deals with the internal structure of complex words. T...
Negation
Laurence Horn
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Negation Introduction Absent from otherwise complex systems of animal communication, negation is a sine qua non of every human language, allowi...
Philosophy of Language
Bernhard Nickel
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Philosophy of Language Introduction Language is a central component of human existence. This platitude gives rise to at least two motivations t...
Phonetics
Michael Ashby
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Phonetics Introduction Phonetics may be defined as the science of speech. It is concerned with all aspects of the production, transmission, an...
Phonetics, Acoustic
Allard Jongman
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Acoustic Phonetics Introduction Acoustic phonetics is the study of the acoustic characteristics of speech, including an analysis and descripti...
Phonetics, Articulatory
Marie K. Huffman
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Articulatory Phonetics Introduction Articulatory phonetics is concerned with the physical apparatus used to produce speech sounds and the physi...
Phonology
Paul de Lacy
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Phonology Introduction The term “phonology” has several meanings. It is often used to refer to generalizations about sounds and sound combinati...
Polarity
Anastasia Giannakidou
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Polarity Introduction Polarity phenomena in natural language are pervasive and diverse. Polarity items (PIs) are expressions of various syntact...
Psycholinguistics
Eva M. Fernández
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Psycholinguistics Introduction Psycholinguistics is the study of the mental processes and representations that support language acquisition an...
Reduplication
Suzanne Urbanczyk
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Reduplication Introduction Reduplication is a word-formation process in which meaning is expressed by repeating all or part of a word. The stud...
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