structural linguistics
31Combinatorial method (linguistics) — For other uses of combinatorial methods, see combinatorial method (disambiguation). The combinatorial method is used to study texts which are written in an unknown language, and to study the language itself, where the unknown language has no… …
32Generative linguistics — is a school of thought within linguistics that makes use of the concept of a generative grammar. The term generative grammar is used in different ways by different people, and the term generative linguistics therefore has a range of different,… …
33Theoretical linguistics — is the branch of linguistics that is most concerned with developing models of linguistic knowledge. Part of this endeavor involves the search for and explanation of linguistic universals, that is, properties all languages have in common. The… …
34Productivity (linguistics) — In linguistics, productivity is the degree to which native speakers use a particular grammatical process, especially in word formation. Since use to produce novel (new, non established) structures is the clearest proof of usage of a grammatical… …
35Meaning (linguistics) — In linguistics, meaning is what is expressed by the writer or speaker, and what is conveyed to the reader or listener, provided that they talk about the same thing (law of identity). In other words if the object and the name of the object and the …
36Ellipsis (linguistics) — In the grammar of a sentence, an elliptical construction is a construction that lacks an element that is, nevertheless, recoverable or inferable from the context [http://www.sil.org/linguistics/glossaryoflinguisticterms/WhatIsAnEllipticalConstruct… …
37List of linguists — Linguistics …
38structurallinguistics — structural linguistics n. (used with a sing. verb) 1. A method of synchronic linguistic analysis employing structuralism, especially in contrasting those formal structures, such as phonemes or sentences, that make up systems, such as phonology or …
39Structuralism — For the use of structuralism in biology, see Structuralism (biology) Structuralism is an approach to the human sciences that attempts to analyze a specific field (for instance, mythology) as a complex system of interrelated parts. It began in… …
40HEBREW GRAMMAR — The following entry is divided into two sections: an Introduction for the non specialist and (II) a detailed survey. [i] HEBREW GRAMMAR: AN INTRODUCTION There are four main phases in the history of the Hebrew language: the biblical or classical,… …
