言げん語ご学がく的てき実じつ在ざい論ろん

noun

linguistic realism

A technical term in linguistics referring to the view that linguistic entities or structures have a real, mind-independent existence.

• 言げん語ご学がく的てき実じつ在ざい論ろんは、言げん語ごの普ふ遍へん性せいをめぐる議ぎ論ろんでよく取とり上あげられる。

  Linguistic realism is often discussed in debates about linguistic universals.