Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Specification Relation

Definition: 

A specification relation is an elaboration relation in which a proposition provides more information about another proposition by restating it more narrowly.

Kinds: 
See Also: 
Proposition
Source: 
Dijk 1981
269-270, 278-279
Beekman, Callow, and Kopesec 1981
96-97
Hollenbach 1975
18
Longacre 1983
120

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.

LinguaLinks Ordering Information

Glossary Hierarchy

  • Meaning And Pragmatic Function
  • Interpropositional Relation
  • Elaboration Relation
  • Specification Relation
  • Exemplification Relation