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  2. Lexicalist hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The lexicalist hypothesis is a hypothesis proposed by Noam Chomsky in which he claims that syntactic transformations only can operate on syntactic constituents. [ambiguous] [jargon] [1] It says that the system of grammar that assembles words is separate and different from the system of grammar that assembles phrases out of words.

  3. Language and thought - Wikipedia

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    The hypothesis has been largely abandoned by linguists as it has found very limited experimental support, at least in its strong form, linguistic determinism. For instance, a study showing that speakers of languages lacking a subjunctive mood such as Chinese experience difficulty with hypothetical problems has been discredited.

  4. X-bar theory - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, X-bar theory is a model of phrase-structure grammar and a theory of syntactic category formation [1] that was first proposed by Noam Chomsky in 1970 [2] reformulating the ideas of Zellig Harris (1951 [3]), and further developed by Ray Jackendoff (1974, [4] 1977a, [5] 1977b [6]), along the lines of the theory of generative grammar put forth in the 1950s by Chomsky.

  5. Linguistic relativity and the color naming debate - Wikipedia

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    There are incursions of linguistic categorization into nonlinguistic processes of thinking, and taking the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis does not necessarily entail a complete rejection of the universal components of human cognition. The probabilistic model is useful because many findings to support the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis do not replicate reliably.

  6. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    For example, the phrase, "John, my best friend" uses the scheme known as apposition. Tropes (from Greek trepein, 'to turn') change the general meaning of words. An example of a trope is irony, which is the use of words to convey the opposite of their usual meaning ("For Brutus is an honorable man; / So are they all, all honorable men").

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  8. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    Climax – an arrangement of phrases or topics in increasing order, as with good, better, best. Colon – a rhetorical figure consisting of a clause that is grammatically, but not logically, complete. Colloquialism – a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.

  9. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Wikipedia

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    The phrase is often used in the context of paranormal and other pseudoscientific claims. [9] [10] [11] It is also frequently invoked in scientific literature to challenge research proposals, [12] like a new species of Amazonian tapir, [8] biparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA, [13] or a Holocene "mega-tsunami". [14]