linguistic relation

Other forms: linguistic relations

Definitions of linguistic relation

1. noun

   a relation between linguistic forms or constituents
   types:

   grammatical relation

   a linguistic relation established by grammar

   semantic relation

   a relation between meanings

   homonymy

   the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning

   agreement, concord

   in grammar, the correspondence between two words

   transitiveness, transitivity

   the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb

   intransitiveness, intransitivity

   the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb

   coreference

   the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent

   conjunction

   the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction

   complementation

   the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate

   coordination

   the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form

   subordination

   the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head

   limiting, modification, qualifying

   the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

   modality, mode, mood

   verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

   anaphoric relation

   the relation between an anaphor and its antecedent

   voice

   (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes

   inflection, inflexion

   a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function

   aspect

   the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb

   hyponymy, subordination

   the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class

   hypernymy, superordination

   the semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class

   synonymity, synonymousness, synonymy

   the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning

   antonymy

   the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings

   holonymy, whole to part relation

   the semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts

   meronymy, part to whole relation

   the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole

   troponymy

   the semantic relation of being a manner of does something

   type of:

   relation

   an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together