An emphatic alternative relation highlights a choice between two or more options, emphasizing the superiority or preference for one over…
The elementary illocutionary act is the fundamental unit of meaning in speech act theory. It represents a speaker's intention or…
The elaboration relation describes how one discourse unit provides additional detail, explanation, or specification for another. It clarifies or expands…
The dubitative mood expresses doubt, uncertainty, or hesitation. It's used in language to convey a speaker's lack of conviction about…
Ditransitivity refers to verbs that take two objects: a direct object and an indirect object. Learn about its structure, semantic…
The distributive aspect in grammar describes actions that occur repeatedly, to each of several entities, or in a scattered manner.…
Developmental lexical relations describe how word meanings evolve and connect over time, influencing vocabulary acquisition and understanding. It explores semantic…
Deictic expressions are words or phrases whose meaning depends on the context of their utterance, including time, place, and participants.…
The deictic center is the conceptual 'here' and 'now' from which an utterance is oriented. It anchors language in the…
A definite concessive relation signals a contrast where one proposition is true despite the expectation set by another. It acknowledges…