cognition and linguistic expression has been revived in a more subtle form
within cognitive linguistics.
see also anthropological linguisticslinguistic rights n
as a category of human rights, i.e. universal rights that belong to all persons,
linguistic rights are based on the idea of human dignity and worth as well as
cultural tolerance. Examples of a linguistic right are the rights of a minority
language community to receive education in their language and of people to
receive governmental services in languages other than the socially dominant
language. Although various proposals have been put forth to define such
linguistic rights, there is so far no general agreement on them comparable to
the principles of human rights codified by the United Nations.
linguistics nlinguist nlinguistic adj
the study of language as a system of human communication. Linguistics
includes many different approaches to the study of language and many
different areas of investigation, for example sound systems (phonetics,
phonology), sentence structure (syntax), relationships between language
and cognition (cognitive linguistics), meaning systems (semantics,
pragmatics, functions of language), as well as language and social
factors (sociolinguistics).
Several specialized branches of linguistics have also developed in combination
with other disciplines, e.g. applied linguistics, anthropological
linguistics, psycholinguistics, forensic linguistics.
linguistic units n
parts of a language system. Linguistic units can be the distinctive sounds of
a language (phonemes), words, phrases, or sentences, or they can be larger
units such as the utterancesin a conversation.
see also chunking, discourse, discourse analysis
linking n
also liaison
a process in continuous speech which connects the final sound of one word
or syllable to the initial sound of the next. In English, words ending in a
tense vowel and a following word or syllable beginning with a vowel are
usually linked with a glide, so that a phrase like be ablesounds as though
there is a /y/ between beand able and blue inksounds as though there is a
/w/ between the words blueand ink. In some varieties of English, a linking
/r/ is inserted between words ending and beginning with a vowel, as in saw
Annor media event. When a word or syllable ending in a consonant cluster
is followed by a syllable beginning with a vowel, the final consonant of the
linking