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• Polysemy in quantitative linguistics
  ...] as the number of different [[meaning]]s or [[function]]s of a linguistic unit. ...be operationalised in different ways, depending on the kind of linguistic unit. E.g., the polysemy of a word may be operationalised as the number of meani
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• Hyperanalysis
  ...rs interpret some inherent semantic or functional property of a linguistic unit as given by the context the item occurs in.
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• Frumkina's Law
  is a probabilistic model of the occurrence of linguistic units in text passages. ...ty of the unit is denoted by p, the probability of occurrence of any other unit is 1-p = q. The probability p is also a random variable since the applicati
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• Parser
  ...abstract machine designed to test the structural integrity of a linguistic unit. In contrast to a [[recognizer]], a parser produces a structural descriptio ...l, a parser can be used to analyse the structure of any kind of linguistic unit: a single word, an arbitrary phrase or a complete text.
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• Polytextuality
  ...lytextuality''' is a measure of the degree of independence of a linguistic unit from its context (or co-text). This concepts can be oprationalised, depending on the unit under study, in different ways. The P. of a word is usually measured by det
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• Hypoanalysis
  ...re the hearers interpret some meaning or function which is provided by the linguistic context the item occurs in as an inherent semantic or functional property o
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• Signification
  ...ressions that they stand for other things. A sign is viewed as a composite unit consisting of a relation between an overt signal (the [[signifier]]) and th * Frawley, W. 1992. ''Linguistic semantics,'' Laurence Erlbaum Associates:New York/London.
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• Mora
  '''Mora''' is a unit of [[syllable]] [[weight]] in [[moraic theory]]. Moras are the units to whi * Prince, A. 1983. ''Relating to the Grid,'' Linguistic Inquiry 14, pp.19-100
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• Minimal sign
  ...de linguistique générale''. A minimal [[sign]] is the minimal [[meaningful unit]] of a language where the relation between (phonetic) [[form]] and [[meanin
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• Frequency (Quantitative linguistics)
  Frequency is one of the most prominent quantitative properties of linguistic units among others, such as length, comlexity, polysemy, age, polytextualit (3) the development of the frequency of a given unit (type) over the time.
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• Classifier
  ...y of elements whose function can somehow be described as that of assigning linguistic expressions to [[class]]es: In Chinese, unless the noun itself denotes a unit of a measurement (e.g. ''nián'' 'year'), it must be preceded by a classifi
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• Stray adjunction
  ...ted into the representation of [[stress]]. By convention the extrametrical unit is weak. * Liberman, M. and A. Prince 1977. ''On Stress and Linguistic Rhythm,'' Linguistic Inquiry 8, pp. 249-336
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• Constituent
  ...ve syntax, a '''constituent''' is a notion in the syntactic description of linguistic expressions. ...ression is any part of the expression that, linguistically, functions as a unit. In terms of [[tree structure]], a constituent can be defined as a subtree,
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• Languoid
  ...languages or [[dialect]]s, but [[genealogical group]]s of languages (or [[linguistic area|areal groups]], or indeed any other groups treated together by linguis ...from biological taxonomy, except it is agnostic as to whether the relevant linguistic grouping is considered to be genealogical or areal (or based one some other
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• Foot
  '''Foot''' is a [[prosody|prosodic]] constituent/unit introduced by Selkirk (1981). [[Syllable]]s are combined in a higher level * Liberman, M. and A. Prince 1977. ''On Stress and Linguistic Rhythm,'' Linguistic Inquiry 8, pp. 249-336
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• Relational network
  ...first branch and then come together. If we draw a diagram of a particular linguistic structure, parts of it look something like a net which would be used for fi ...aditional assumption that a lexical item (likewise morpheme, phoneme) is a unit of some kind, an object or symbol or combination of symbols, we analyze its
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• Extrametricality
  A phonological unit (for instance a [[segment]], [[mora]], [[syllable]], [[foot]], [[affix]] or *Hayes, Bruce. 1982. ''Extrametricality and English Stress,'' Linguistic Inquiry 13, pp. 227-276
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• Radical reanalysis
  '''Radical reanalysis''' is the [[reinterpretation]] of a [[linguistic unit]] as belonging to a new [[grammatical category]] not present in the respect ...eptical towards the idea of radical reanalysis. Most preferred the idea of linguistic change as a gradual process rather than an abrupt switching of parameters (
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• Theory
  Currently, there are two approaches to the construction of a linguistic theory (in the sense of the philosophy of science): (1) synergetic linguist ...h have been found so far into a complex model which not only describes the linguistic phenomena but also provides a means to explain them.
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• Tactic pattern
  ...elements on one realizational level of the [[linguistic information system|linguistic system]] are of the same kinds as those on another. Lines in the tactic plane connect downward to alternative linguistic units that can have the same function. So at one point we have downward OR
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• Jiří Krámský
  ...of [[Bohumil Trnka]]. Vilém Mathesius became the second personality of the linguistic branch that influenced Krámský’s studies. The reason for following in t Structuralism of the Prague linguistic circle (having such famous members as [[Roman Jakobson]] and [[Nikolai Trub
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• Affix
  ...ph]] that always occurs attached to another morph and forms a phonological unit with that morph. Affixes are most often phonologically reduced, i.e. short. *Bauer, Laurie. 2003. ''Introducing linguistic morphology'' (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN
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• Lexeme (in neurocognitive linguistics)
  ...are shared by other lexemes and indeed they often come into play in extra-linguistic activity. But there is one node at the logical top of the functional web, t
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• Portal:Quantitative linguistics
  ...– [[law]] – [[theory]] – [[explanation in linguistics]] – [[unit]] – [[property]] – [[the role of statistics in quantitative l ...– [[power laws in linguistics]] – [[synergetic linguistics]] – [[linguistic economy]] –
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• Main Page
  ...ic areas]] | [[Portal:Biography|Biography]] | [[Portal:Linguistic research|Linguistic research]] | [[Portal:Linguists|Linguists]] [[property]], [[unit]], [[entropy]], [[frequency]], [[function]], [[law]], [[graph theory]], [[h
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• Ambiguity, Polysemy and Vagueness
  ...way” (Löbner 2002: p. 39). However, disregarding puns (see 1.5), in every linguistic situation only one meaning of an ambiguous expression can be used. There ar ...1993) offers a classical definition of vagueness. He characterises it as a linguistic phenomenon, where “two or more meanings associated with a given phonologi
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• Cohesion
  ...ining more than one sentence is perceived as a text, there will be certain linguistic features present in that passage which can be identified as contributing to ...n be called a text. This process, which combines sentences to a meaningful unit, is called cohesion and can be subdivided into the categories: reference, s
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