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quasisemantic

quasisemantic adjective: semantic in some limited manner or to some limited degree; apparently, but not actually, semantic.

Adjective

quasisemantic (not comparable)

  1. Semantic in some limited manner or to some limited degree; apparently, but not actually, semantic.
    • Consider, for example, the principles of pronominal reference, which have been central to these quasisemantic investigations.1986, Noam Chomsky, Knowledge of language: its nature, origin, and use
    • Travis (1991) also gives some quasisemantic arguments for this structure, claiming that tense operators have scope over the subject...1996, Mark C Baker, The polysynthesis parameter

Origin of quasisemantic

From quasi- + semantic.

Questions about quasisemantic

What does quasisemantic mean?
Quasisemantic means semantic in some limited manner or to some limited degree; apparently, but not actually, semantic.
What part of speech is quasisemantic?
Quasisemantic is an adjective.

Words near quasisemantic in the dictionary

  1. quasisatellite
  2. quasisatellites
  3. quasiscience
  4. quasisciences
  5. quasiscientific
  6. quasisemantic
  7. quasiseparable
  8. quasisexist
  9. quasisexual
  10. quasisimple
  11. quasisocial

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