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Ostensive definition
Known as:
Ostensively
, Ostention
, Ostensive
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An ostensive definition conveys the meaning of a term by pointing out examples. This type of definition is often used where the term is difficult to…
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2016
2016
The language of emotions: an ostensive-inferential study
C. Strey
2016
Corpus ID: 149416948
This dissertation aims to broaden relevance theory scope in order to account for emotions in communication, evaluating its…
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2012
2012
Co-reference via Pointing and Haptics in Multi-Modal Dialogues
Lin Chen
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Barbara Maria Di Eugenio
North American Chapter of the Association for…
2012
Corpus ID: 12255208
This paper describes our ongoing work on resolving third person pronouns and deictic words in a multi-modal corpus. We show that…
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2012
2012
Los deícticos locativos en la adquisición temprana del maya yucateco
E. Ochoa
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M. Rosa
2012
Corpus ID: 190980033
La deixis del yucateco comprende aspectos muy complejos desde el punto de vista psicolinguistico que plantean preguntas…
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2009
2009
4 Relevance and Genre : Theoretical and Conceptual Interfaces
Fábio José Rauen
2009
Corpus ID: 26701517
introduction Sperber and Wilson’s (1986, 1995) relevance theory considers the relation between cognitive efforts and effects in…
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2005
2005
'I' as a Pure Indexical and Metonymy as Language Reduction
E. Romero
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B. Soria
Context
2005
Corpus ID: 37566352
Most direct reference theorists believe that ‘I' is a pure indexical. This means that when ‘I' is uttered, it contributes with…
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1996
1996
Applying Ostensive Functionalism in the place of Descriptive Proceduralism: "The query is dead
Iain C. Campbell
1996
Corpus ID: 18788478
In a wire shipping and dispensing package comprising a wire-carrying spool disposed vertically in a generally rectangular carton…
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1995
1995
Semantics and pragmatics of hedges in English and Japanese
R. Itani
1995
Corpus ID: 61095079
Hedges are expressions used to communicate the speaker's weak commitment to information conveyed; i.e. by hedging, speakers may…
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1992
1992
Contribution a l'etude de la hierarchie implicative : application a l'analyse de la gestion didactique des phenomenes d'ostension et de contradictions
H. Ratsimba-Rajohn
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Régis Gras
1992
Corpus ID: 169218651
Ce travail est centre sur deux objets apparemment differents mais etroitement dependants. D'une part, une etude mathematique dote…
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1991
1991
Logical types and ostensive insight.
Ahumada Jl
1991
Corpus ID: 148177943
: Discrimination of analogic and digital modes in communication allows clearer distinction of transference (mutative) and extra…
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1979
1979
Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish
James A. Matisoff
1979
Corpus ID: 142851420
1. Introduction 2. Semantic subtypes of psycho-ostensive expressions 3. Bono-recognition thanks and congratulations 4. Malo…
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