DIFFERENTIA
DEFINITIO delimiting the nuances of an expression as compared to other expressions.
辨詞義法 The explicit focussing on differences in semantic nuances between semantically related words (sometimes called parasynonyms in the modern literature).
Hypernym
- DEFINITIOMETALINGUISTIC REMARK explaining the meaning of an expression.
- METALINGUISTIC
COMMENTRHETORICAL TROPE which consists in remarks not mainly concerned with the
world but about language itself or about one's present or forthcoming
message and its place in the world.
- RHETORICAL
TROPE體裁詞格 RHETORICAL DEVICE mainly concerned with the structural semantics of
expressions.
- RHETORICAL
DEVICE詞格 METHOD of adorning discourse.
- RHETORICAL
DEVICE詞格 METHOD of adorning discourse.
- RHETORICAL
TROPE體裁詞格 RHETORICAL DEVICE mainly concerned with the structural semantics of
expressions.
The origin of this metalinguistic focus on meaning contrast is traditionally
ascribed to the pre-Socratic philosopher Prodikos.
Ancient China: Mohist logic as well as the DAOSHU chapter of the XINSHU (see Svarverud)
Ancient China: Mohist logic as well as the DAOSHU chapter of the XINSHU (see Svarverud)