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CRification

CRification noun: the generation of a clarification request.

Noun

CRification (uncountable)

  1. The generation of a clarification request.
    • Whereas, in a community endowed with a language that lacks CRification, as I refer to the interaction brought about by a CR, the emergent divergence among language users is so high that the language eventually dies out.2011, Claudia Maienborn, Klaus von Heusinger, Paul Portner, Semantics, volume 1, page 861
    • The basic desideratum to which the data and previous work leads us is essentially this: a protocol in which an utterance event triggers either an update of the DGB if conditions enable grounding to occur, otherwise CRification takes place.2012, Jonathan Ginzburg, The Interactive Stance, page 147

Origin of CRification

From CR + -ification.

Questions about CRification

What does CRification mean?
CRification means the generation of a clarification request.
What part of speech is CRification?
CRification is a noun.

Words near CRification in the dictionary

  1. cries wolf
  2. criest
  3. crieth
  4. criey
  5. crifanac
  6. CRification
  7. Crigan
  8. Crigger
  9. Criggers
  10. Criggion
  11. Crigglestone

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