French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms

French word list

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	extension2
	extension métaphorique
	extension sémantique
	extensionnel
	extérieur
	extériorisation
	externe
	extéroceptivité
	extraction1
	extraction2
	extradiégétique
	extraire
	extralinguistique
	extraposition
	extrinsèque

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semantic extension

[Subentry of extension₁, semantic]

Fr    extension₂, extension de sens, extension sémantique

Synonym(s): broadening of meaning, extension₂, extension of meaning, widening of meaning

Related term(s): polysemia, polysemy

Domain: Semantics

Source(s): Ducrot & Todorov 1979[trans.]: 237; Hartmann & Stork 1972: 82 (extension (a)); Hock 1986: 290, 303; Matthews 1997: 123, 334; Nash 1968: 137 (meaning extension), 210 (semantic expansion); Pei & Gaynor 1954: 70, 193 (#2)

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English word list

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	semantic analysis
	semantic anomaly
	semantic content
	semantic differential
	semantic domain
	semantic drift
	semantic entailment
	semantic extension
	semantic incompatibility
	semantic memory
	semantic organization
	semantic presupposition
	semantic reference
	semantic representation
	semantic rule

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