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LinguisticExpression
subject			fact

LinguisticExpression	documentation This is the subclass of ContentBearingObjectss which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words
	is disjoint from Icon
	is a kind of ContentBearingObject
ContentBearingObject	has axiom (=> (and (instance ?PLAN Plan) (instance ?OBJ ContentBearingObject) (containsInformation ?OBJ ?PLAN)) (exists (?PLANNING) (and (instance ?PLANNING Planning) (result ?PLANNING ?OBJ))))
	has axiom (=> (instance ?ACTION Communication) (exists (?OBJ) (and (instance ?OBJ ContentBearingObject) (patient ?ACTION ?OBJ))))
	has axiom (=> (realization ?PROCESS ?PROP) (exists (?OBJ) (and (instance ?OBJ ContentBearingObject) (containsInformation ?OBJ ?PROP))))
	has relatedInternalConcept containsInformation
	is first domain of containsInformation
	is first domain of equivalentContentClass
	is first domain of equivalentContentInstance
	is first domain of subsumesContentClass
	is first domain of subsumesContentInstance
	is second domain of equivalentContentClass
	is second domain of equivalentContentInstance
	is second domain of subsumesContentClass
	is second domain of subsumesContentInstance
Object	is third domain of between
	is third domain of capability
	is third domain of connects

Kinds of LinguisticExpression :

• Character (3 facts) - The smallest unit of a writing system or any other representational system
• Language (5 facts) - A 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
• Morpheme (5 facts) - Part of a Word which cannot be subdivided and which expresses a meaning
• Phrase (3 kinds, 13 facts) - A set of Words in a Language which form a unit, i.e. express a meaning in the Language
• Sentence (2 kinds, 34 facts) - A syntactically well-formed formula of a natural or artificial Language. It expresses a complete thought, i.e., a Proposition
• SymbolicString (6 facts) - The Class of all LinguisticExpressions that are represented as strings
• Word (5 kinds, 16 facts) - A term of a Language that represents a concept

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