In linguistics, branching refers to the shape of the parse trees that represent the structure of sentences. Assuming that the language is being written or transcribed from left to right, parse trees that grow down and to the right are right-branching, and parse trees that grow down and to the left are left-branching.The direction of branching reflects the position of heads in phrases, …

Use in cognitive linguistics and construction grammar. The theory applies the notion of a semantic frame also used in artificial intelligence, which is a collection of facts that specify "characteristic features, attributes, and functions of a denotatum, and its characteristic interactions with things necessarily or typically associated with it." A semantic frame can also …

A heteronym (also known as a heterophone) is a word that has a different pronunciation and meaning from another word but the same spelling.These are homographs that are not homophones.Thus, lead (the metal) and lead (a leash) are heteronyms, but mean (average) and mean (intend) are not, since they are pronounced the same. Heteronym pronunciation may vary …

Packaging. Another name for a lid; Cover (philately), generic term for envelope or package Album cover, the front of the packaging; Book cover or magazine cover . Book design; Back cover copy, part of copywriting; CD and DVD cover, CD and DVD packaging Smartphone cover, a mobile phone accessory that protects a mobile phone; People. Cover (surname)

A lexeme (/ ˈ l ɛ k s iː m / ()) is a unit of lexical meaning that underlies a set of words that are related through inflection.It is a basic abstract unit of meaning, a unit of morphological analysis in linguistics that roughly corresponds to a set of forms taken by a single root word.For example, in English, run, runs, ran and running are forms of the same lexeme, which can be represented ...

Politics. An individual voter within an electoral district, state, community, or organization; Advocacy group or constituency; Constituent assembly; Constituencies of Namibia; Other meanings. Constituent (linguistics), a word or a group of words that function as a single unit within a hierarchical structure Constituent quark, a current quark with a notional "covering"

Systemic functional grammar (SFG) is a form of grammatical description originated by Michael Halliday. It is part of a social semiotic approach to language called systemic functional linguistics.In these two terms, systemic refers to the view of language as "a network of systems, or interrelated sets of options for making meaning"; functional refers to Halliday's view that …

Systemic functional linguistics (SFL) is an approach to linguistics, among functional linguistics, that considers language as a social semiotic system.. It was devised by Michael Halliday, who took the notion of system from J. R. Firth, his teacher (Halliday, 1961).Firth proposed that systems refer to possibilities subordinated to structure; Halliday "liberated" choice from structure and …