languageexpressions
Languageexpressions is a term used in linguistics and computational linguistics to refer to the units of meaning formed by combining words within a language. These units include grammatical phrases such as noun phrases and verb phrases, as well as fixed or semi-fixed expressions like idioms, collocations, phrasal verbs, and other set phrases. Languageexpressions can be compositional, where meaning follows from parts, or non-compositional, where the overall meaning cannot be derived from the words alone.
Examples include idioms like kick the bucket or spill the beans, whose meanings are not predictable from
In research and applications, languageexpressions are parsed, annotated, and analyzed to understand syntax and semantics. Natural
Cross-linguistic studies show that languages differ in how expressions are formed and stored, influencing teaching, lexicography,