structural linguistics
- noun
- /ˈstrʌk.tʃər.əl lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪks/
- Specialized
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lingüística estructural
- Indeed, in the wake of De Saussure and structural linguistics, the model of language is central to fields as diverse as anthropology, psychoanalysis, literary studies, art history, and many others, so that in the contemporary academy, it has become a virtual self-evidence that there is only one mode of rationality, the one characteristic of speech.
Examples
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Additionally, for structural linguistics, neutralization explains the action of sublation or the transcendence of difference.
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Theft work, in what became known as structural linguistics, became the basis for the Army Method.
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Not per se; not since Malinowski was joined to structural linguistics by sociolinguists.
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To a large extent, that's what the history of structural linguistics in the 20th century was about uncovering.
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Moreover, structural linguistics has long considered the specific acts Iser calls "the acts of feigning," i.e., selection and combination, as basic categories of how linguistic utterances are constituted in general.
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"Mayete" is what is known in structural linguistics as a semantically vacant phoneme, but it is one that captures the essence of a collective representation and works as a key symbol in the elaboration of group identity.
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Structural linguistics analyzes language primarily as a system of interrelated structures rather than focusing on historical meanings.
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In the study of structural linguistics, researchers prioritize formal structures of language over contextual interpretation.
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Many modern theories in structural linguistics have been influenced by the principles established in this approach, highlighting its foundational role.
Synonyms
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An approach that studies the hidden patterns behind language, culture, or society
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'structural' (relating to arrangement/organization) + 'linguistics' (the study/analysis of language), so its meaning—study of language structure—is directly inferable from the parts. This follows a regular adjective+noun pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should readily understand it.
Etymology
Structural linguistics comes from the image of a building's structure: beams and walls that hold a house together. So structural linguistics means studying how the parts of language fit together, not its history or original meaning.