Tag: semantics

Propositional Content Condition

The Propositional Content Condition asserts that for a statement to be meaningful,…

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Presupposition Trigger

A presupposition trigger is a word or phrase that signals the existence…

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Presupposition in Linguistics and Philosophy

A presupposition is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief…

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Prespan-End Relation

The Prespan-End Relation in linguistics describes the temporal relationship between an event…

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Potential Presupposition

A potential presupposition is an unstated assumption that must be true for…

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Place Deixis

Place deixis refers to words or phrases that indicate spatial location relative…

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Personification

Personification is a literary device where human qualities or actions are attributed…

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Person Deixis

Person deixis refers to the use of words that point to the…

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Perfective Aspect in Linguistics

The perfective aspect focuses on the completion of an action or state,…

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Particularized Implicature

Particularized implicatures are context-dependent meanings inferred beyond literal words. They arise from…

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