Comparative Concept: animate (sem)

animate (sem)

Typ meaning
Alias(se) animate • (nonhuman) animate • nonhuman animate
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Partonomie

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Taxonomie

animacy (sem)
animate (sem)
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Definition

a semantic category of objects that denotes animate beings. Example: cat denotes an animate entity. The term 'animate' is often used to contrast with human, and therefore often is used to refer only to nonhuman animates. (Section 3.1.2)