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LinguisticExpression comparison table
Subject partition into be first domain of be second domain of documentation have axiom be third domain of be disjoint from
Character subsumesContentInstancesubsumesContentInstanceThe smallest unit of a writing system or any other representational system
(=>
(instance ?STRING SymbolicString)
(exists (?PART)
(and
(part ?PART ?STRING)
(instance ?PART Character))))
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Language subsumesContentInstancesentenceOfLanguageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people
(=>
(realization ?PROCESS ?PROP)
(exists (?OBJ)
(and
(instance ?OBJ ContentBearingObject)
(containsInformation ?OBJ ?PROP))))
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Morpheme subsumesContentInstancesubsumesContentInstancePart of a Word which cannot be subdivided and which expresses a meaning
(=>
(instance ?MORPH Morpheme)
(not
(exists (?OTHERMORPH)
(and
(instance ?OTHERMORPH Morpheme)
(part ?OTHERMORPH ?MORPH)
(not (equal ?OTHERMORPH ?MORPH))))))
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Phrase subsumesContentInstancesubsumesContentInstanceA set of Words in a Language which form a unit, i.e. express a meaning in the Language
(=>
(instance ?PHRASE Phrase)
(exists (?PART1 ?PART2)
(and
(part ?PART1 ?PHRASE)
(part ?PART2 ?PHRASE)
(instance ?PART1 Word)
(instance ?PART2 Word)
(not (equal ?PART1 ?PART2)))))
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Sentence TruthFnsubsumesContentInstanceA syntactically well-formed formula of a natural or artificial Language. It expresses a complete thought, i.e., a Proposition
(=>
(and
(subsumesContentInstance ?SENT1 ?SENT2)
(instance ?SENT1 Sentence)
(instance ?SENT2 Sentence))
(=> ?SENT1 ?SENT2))
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SymbolicString KappaFnrelatedExternalConceptThe Class of all LinguisticExpressions that are represented as strings
(=>
(instance ?STRING SymbolicString)
(exists (?PART)
(and
(part ?PART ?STRING)
(instance ?PART Character))))
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WordNoun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, ParticlesubsumesContentInstancesubsumesContentInstanceA term of a Language that represents a concept
(=>
(instance ?MORPH Morpheme)
(exists (?WORD)
(and
(instance ?WORD Word)
(part ?MORPH ?WORD))))
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