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quasisemantic en · ADJ

Etymology

From quasi- + semantic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Semantic in some limited manner or to some limited degree; apparently, but not actually, semantic.
    • Consider, for example, the principles of pronominal reference, which have been central to these quasisemantic investigations. 1986, Noam Chomsky, Knowledge of language: its nature, origin, and use:
    • Travis (1991) also gives some quasisemantic arguments for this structure, claiming that tense operators have scope over the subject... 1996, Mark C Baker, The polysynthesis parameter: