Comparative Concept: contextual (sem)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
contextual (sem)
| Typ | meaning |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | contextual • deictic |
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an entity defined relative to some factor in the speech act context. Examples: this table is defined as a table but relative to the location of the speaker (this expresses the contextual component); the table is defined as a table relative to the shared knowledge of speaker and hearer (the expresses the contextual component). (Section 3.1.1)