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cascade processing
The implementation of later stages of information processing before the completion of earlier stages. For example, in retrieving the meaning of a printed word, a person may have to identify all the ...
Conversion
Also known as functional shift or zero derivation. This is the process whereby a new word is derived by change in part of speech, without adding a derivational affix; e.g. ...
Generative Morphology
Within the theoretical framework of early generative grammar, morphology was not considered an autonomous component of the grammar; it was split between morphophonology, as part of phonology, and ...
Grammatical Relations
Traditionally, the term G[rammatical] R[elation] (sometimes also “Grammatical Function”) has identified relations between a verb and its dependents, such as ‘subject of’, ‘direct/indirect object of’, ...
lexical access
The process by which a person retrieves items from a lexicon (2). [From Greek lexis a word, from legein to speak]
lexicography
The discipline of lexicography is the practical process of compiling dictionaries and related reference works, such as thesauruses, glossaries, concordances, and usage guides. Lexicography also ...
lexicology
The study of the development and present state of the lexicon (1) of a language. [From Greek lexis a word, from legein to speak + logos word, discourse, or reason]
Lexicon Reference library
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (2 ed.)
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Principles and Parameters
The principle and parameters (P&P) approach to syntax seeks to describe principles that appear to be invariant across languages—and that are hence, by hypothesis, innate (Chomsky 1981, 1995)—and to ...
semantics
[Th]The study of the imputed relations between signs and the designata: the meaning of signs such as may be found in material culture and its disposition.
Stem and Root
The two traditional notions of “stem” and “root” can most easily be understood as what remains when affixes are removed from a word. The root is obtained by stripping off ...
stylostatistics
The objective analysis of the relative frequencies of stylistic forms and patterns in the use of language, especially written texts. In practice, stylostatistical studies have focused on the ...
Subcategorization and Selection
Information about subcategorization and selection forms part of the lexical entry which specifies those properties of words which are essential to their linguistic analysis. Each lexical item imposes ...
Syntactic Features
Syntactic or categorial features, first suggested by Chomsky 1970, permit the representation of lexical categories and their projections as non-primitive entities. A number of syntactic features have ...
Words
Linguistic units, probably because of their pragmatic and functional character, are notoriously difficult to define. For the sentence as well as for the word, many definitions have been proposed; but ...
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