Referential opacity - Revision history

NBlöcher: Edited the format, removed the block {{cats}}

2014-09-28T09:14:51Z

Edited the format, removed the block {{cats}}

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			==Definition==
	'''Referential opacity''' is a property of [[word]]s which entails that it is impossible to 'see inside' them, and refer to their parts by using an [[anaphor]]ic device such as a [[pronoun]].		'''Referential opacity''' is a property of [[word]]s which entails that it is impossible to 'see inside' them, and refer to their parts by using an [[anaphor]]ic device such as a [[pronoun]].

	=== Example ===		== Example ==
	There cannot be an anaphoric relation between ''it'' and ''tea'' in the compound ''teapot''. Therefore, if the sentence ''he took the teapot and poured it into the cup'' means that he poured the tea into the cup, the fact that ''it'' refers to the tea does not arise through the anaphoric relation that is possible in ''he took the tea and poured it into the cup''. Referential opacity is closely related to the property of [[lexical integrity]].		There cannot be an anaphoric relation between ''it'' and ''tea'' in the compound ''teapot''. Therefore, if the sentence ''he took the teapot and poured it into the cup'' means that he poured the tea into the cup, the fact that ''it'' refers to the tea does not arise through the anaphoric relation that is possible in ''he took the tea and poured it into the cup''. Referential opacity is closely related to the property of [[lexical integrity]].

	=== Links ===		== Links ==
			*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Referential+opacity&lemmacode=327 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
	[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Referential+opacity&lemmacode=327 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

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NBlöcher: Corrected a typo

2014-06-08T12:55:49Z

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	=== Example ===		=== Example ===
			There cannot be an anaphoric relation between ''it'' and ''tea'' in the compound ''teapot''. Therefore, if the sentence ''he took the teapot and poured it into the cup'' means that he poured the tea into the cup, the fact that ''it'' refers to the tea does not arise through the anaphoric relation that is possible in ''he took the tea and poured it into the cup''. Referential opacity is closely related to the property of [[lexical integrity]].
	~~there~~ cannot be an anaphoric relation between ''it'' and ''tea'' in the compound ''teapot''. Therefore, if the sentence ''he took the teapot and poured it into the cup'' means that he poured the tea into the cup, the fact that ''it'' refers to the tea does not arise through the anaphoric relation that is possible in ''he took the tea and poured it into the cup''. Referential opacity is closely related to the property of [[lexical integrity]].

	=== Links ===		=== Links ===

Wohlgemuth: utrecht

2009-02-20T15:46:21Z

utrecht

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'''Referential opacity''' is a property of [[word]]s which entails that it is impossible to 'see inside' them, and refer to their parts by using an [[anaphor]]ic device such as a [[pronoun]].

=== Example ===

there cannot be an anaphoric relation between ''it'' and ''tea'' in the compound ''teapot''. Therefore, if the sentence ''he took the teapot and poured it into the cup'' means that he poured the tea into the cup, the fact that ''it'' refers to the tea does not arise through the anaphoric relation that is possible in ''he took the tea and poured it into the cup''. Referential opacity is closely related to the property of [[lexical integrity]].

=== Links ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Referential+opacity&lemmacode=327 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

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[[Category:Morphology]]