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Dictionary of language and linguistics 728material implicationimplicationmaterial nounSemantically defined class of nouns which refer to materials: chalk, wood, marble.Material nouns are mass nouns, i.e. nouns which have no plural form or whose pluralforms do not refer to the material itself, but to something else, cf. wood vs woods.materialistic language theoryReferring to dialectical and historical materialism, the materialistic language theoryattempts to explain, within the framework of Marxist-Leninist linguistic views, theessence and development of language, primarily through its function in the social activityof the working person. ( also Marrism, reflection theory)mathematical linguisticsThe representation of linguistic systems and processes with the aid of mathematics (e.g.logic, set theory, algebra, formal language theory, statistics, among others). Incomputational linguistics the methods of mathematical linguistics gained particularsignificance and influence. Algebraic linguistics and statistical linguistics aresubdisciplines of mathematical linguistics.ReferencesGladji, A.V. and I.A.Mel’cuk. 1973. Elements of mathematical linguistics. The Hague.Gross, M. and A.Lentin. 1967. Notions sur les grammaires formelles. Paris.Harris, Z. 1991. A theory of language and information: a mathematical approach. Oxford.Landman, F. 1991. Structures for semantics. Dordrecht.Partee, B., A.ter Meulen, and R.Wall. 1990. Mathematical methods in linguistics. Dordrecht.Weinberg, A.S. 1988. Mathematical properties of grammars. CLS 1. 416–92.Montague grammar