What does onomasiologist mean?
Onomasiologist means A practitioner of onomasiology.
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A practitioner of onomasiology.
Historical onomasiology, interested in the sets of designations available for a given concept throughout time, must take both types of motives into account. The enlargement as well as the reduction of a set of possible designations for a concept are interesting for the onomasiologist.
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Onomasiologist means A practitioner of onomasiology.
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Historical onomasiology, interested in the sets of designations available for a given concept throughout time, must take both types of motives into account. The enlargement as well as the reduction of a set of possible designations for a concept are interesting for the onomasiologist.
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