Comparative Concept: file metaphor (def)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
file metaphor (def)
| Typ | def |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | file metaphor |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | file metaphor (def) |
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Hierarchy
Definition
a metaphor used by linguists from different theoretical traditions to describe the propositional act information packaging functions. The metaphor is based on the notion of a file in which information about referents is stored. (Sections 2.1, 10.1.2)