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  2. Linguistic relativity - Wikipedia

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    6 Other domains. Toggle Other domains subsection. 6.1 Science and philosophy. 6.2 Therapy and self-development. ... His 1934 work "Thought and Language" [36] ...

  3. List of language subsystems - Wikipedia

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    Standard language is a variety promoted by some social group, either officially or unofficially, as the preferred form. Abstand and ausbau languages are concepts developed by sociolinguists to describe related language varieties, ranging from dialects of a single language to distinct languages.

  4. Word order - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, word order (also known as linear order) is the order of the syntactic constituents of a language. Word order typology studies it from a cross-linguistic perspective, and examines how languages employ different orders. Correlations between orders found in different syntactic sub-domains are also of interest.

  5. Domain-specific language - Wikipedia

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    As embedded domain-specific language (eDSL) [4] also known as an internal domain-specific language, is a DSL that is implemented as a library in a "host" programming language. The embedded domain-specific language leverages the syntax, semantics and runtime environment (sequencing, conditionals, iteration, functions, etc.) and adds domain ...

  6. Linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Linguistics is the scientific study of language. [1] [2] [3] The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds and equivalent gestures in sign languages), phonology (the abstract sound system of a particular language, and analogous systems of sign languages), and pragmatics ...

  7. Language acquisition - Wikipedia

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    Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language. In other words, it is how human beings gain the ability to be aware of language, to understand it, and to produce and use words and sentences to communicate. Language acquisition involves structures, rules, and representation.

  8. Semantic domain - Wikipedia

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    [2] Semantic domains are the foundational concept for initial stages of vernacular dictionary building projects. [3] This uses techniques such as SIL International's Dictionary Development Process (DDP), [4] [5] RapidWords, or software such as WeSay [6] or FLEx. These techniques rely on extensive lists of semantic domains that are relevant to ...

  9. Outline of linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Language education – teaching specific language and language science; Linguistic anthropology – study of how language influences social life; Psycholinguistics – is the study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, comprehend and produce language