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idiom
syntactical, grammatical, or structural form peculiar to a language
Foregrounding
Foregrounding is a concept in literary studies that concerns making a linguistic utterance (word, clause, phrase, phoneme, etc.) stand out from the surrounding linguistic context, from given literary traditions, or from more urban knowledge. It is "the 'throwing into relief' of the linguistic sign against the background of the norms of ordinary language." There are two main types of foregrounding: parallelism and deviation. Parallelism can be described as unexpected regularity, while deviation can be seen as unexpected irregularity. As the definition of foregrounding indicates, these are relat
Neolinguistics
Neolinguistics is the school of linguistics founded by Matteo Bartoli as a reaction to the Neogrammarians. Along with the Neoidealists it was one of the main rivals of the Neogrammarians, until structuralism, which emerged from the Neogrammarian tradition, superseded it.
Menzerath's law
linguistic law
expression
in sign language, distinctive postures and facial expressions necessary to form words
digital infinity
the idea that that all human languages follow a simple logical principle, according to which a limited set of digits (irreducible atomic sound elements) combine to form infinitely many expressions
media linguistics
linguistic study of media speech
philosophy of linguistics
philosophy of science applied to linguistics
folk linguistics
Aspect of linguistic studies