conceptual structure

collocation in English

meaningsofconceptualandstructure

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conceptual
adjective
uk
/kənˈsep.tʃu.əl/
us
/kənˈsep.tʃu.əl/
based on ideas ...
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structure
noun
uk
/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/
us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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(Definition ofconceptualandstructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If spatial understanding is regarded as outsideconceptualstructure, why is social understanding regarded as insideconceptualstructure?
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To the extent that there is some uniformity in the organization ofconceptualstructure, there will be a uniformity in phrase structure.
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They yield a pleasingconceptualstructurein which algebras can be thought of as indexed by various dependencies, and computation algebras by machine architectures.
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At one end,conceptualstructureinter faces with perception and action.
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Moreover, an examination of this lexeme will provide insight into the relationship between lexical structure,conceptualstructureand subjective experience.
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It seems that the difference inconceptualstructureis mainly a syntactic diacritic to insure the right linking of arguments to syntactic positions.
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What is the ' 'conceptualstructureof the lexicon' '?
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That is, they enter into theconceptualstructure.
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The systematic nature of theconceptualstructurereveals a tendency for legibility.
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This would involve an affixation process driven directly by theconceptualstructureand based merely on the lexical class of the lexical material.
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The proposed analysis of middle by means ofconceptualstructureaccommodates even the implicit argument of middles that express specific events.
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If these arguments hold up, then even the notion thatconceptualstructurehas the properties of an ' interpretive system ' becomes more plausible.
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The major challenge of production, given someconceptualstructureto be communicated, is selecting words to express that content, imposing a general lexicon search.
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This version was not a direct translation, but it retained the sameconceptualstructure.
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Under this view, there is no "lexical semantics" separate fromconceptualstructure.
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From this initial state, the potential of theconceptualstructureis maximal.
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This work is thus a computational exploration of the common intuition that language use reflectsconceptualstructure.
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