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Referent

A referent (/ˈrɛfərənt/ REF-ər-ənt) is an entity to which a name – a linguistic expression or other symbol – refers. For example, in the sentence Mary saw me, the referent of the word Mary is the particular person called Mary who is being spoken of, while the referent of the word me is the person uttering the sentence.

Art, In semantics and philosophy & Etymology and meanings

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Etymology and meanings

In semantics and philosophy

In syntax

In computing

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Referent

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples44
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
Components1

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Referent

Top relations

related to Etymology and meanings · 11
Referent → English, It, Latin, Meaning, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, OED, Ogden, Oxford English Dictionary, Richards' The Meaning, The, This
related to In syntax · 10
Referent → Attempts, Before, Binding Theory, Considerations, GBT, Government, Mary, Noam Chomsky, She, The
related to In semantics and philosophy · 9
Referent → Cambridge, For, In, Meaning, Ogden, Reference, Richards, The, The Meaning
related to External links · 4
Referent → Linguistic Terms, The, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2, WiktionarySIL Glossary
related to In computing · 3
Referent → Considerations, Perl, References
is a · 1
Referent → thing signified

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Important terminology

word reference co-referential meaning person may one mary refer sentence symbol see expression noun references referents example object binding etymology

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Referentis athing signified0.90text
semanticsinstance ofIn semantics and philosophyIn fields0.80text
semioticsinstance ofIn semantics and philosophyIn fields0.80text
and the theory of referenceinstance ofIn semantics and philosophyIn fields0.80text
a distinction is made between a referentinstance ofIn semantics and philosophyIn fields0.80text
a referenceinstance ofIn semantics and philosophyIn fields0.80text
that illustrated by the following pair of sentencesinstance ofAttempts are made to explain phenomena0.80text
Referentrelated to Etymology and meaningsThe0.60section
Referentrelated to Etymology and meaningsLatin0.60section
Referentrelated to Etymology and meaningsEnglish0.60section
Referentrelated to Etymology and meaningsIt0.60section
Referentrelated to Etymology and meaningsMerriam-Webster Dictionary0.60section

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