Tag: semantics

Emphatic Alternative Relation

An emphatic alternative relation highlights a choice between two or more options,…

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Elementary Illocutionary Act

The elementary illocutionary act is the fundamental unit of meaning in speech…

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Elaboration Relation

The elaboration relation describes how one discourse unit provides additional detail, explanation,…

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Dubitative Mood

The dubitative mood expresses doubt, uncertainty, or hesitation. It's used in language…

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Ditransitivity in Linguistics

Ditransitivity refers to verbs that take two objects: a direct object and…

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Distributive Aspect

The distributive aspect in grammar describes actions that occur repeatedly, to each…

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Development Lexical Relation

Developmental lexical relations describe how word meanings evolve and connect over time,…

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Deictic Expressions: Understanding Context in Language

Deictic expressions are words or phrases whose meaning depends on the context…

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Deictic Center

The deictic center is the conceptual 'here' and 'now' from which an…

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Definite Concessive Relation

A definite concessive relation signals a contrast where one proposition is true…

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