Quasisemantic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Quasisemantic is an adjective meaning Semantic in some limited manner or to some limited degree; apparently, but not actually, semantic.
Meaning
Semantic in some limited manner or to some limited degree; apparently, but not actually, semantic.
Example Sentences
Consider, for example, the principles of pronominal reference, which have been central to these quasisemantic investigations.
Travis (1991) also gives some quasisemantic arguments for this structure, claiming that tense operators have scope over the subject.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quasireligious, semiamusing, semicolloquial, semiparadoxical, quasidocumentary, semipurposeful.
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