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Record 1 1997-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

Autonymous symbol, autonymous term, autonymous sentence.

OBS

See autonymous term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

terme autonyme, symbole autonyme, signe autonyme, phrase autonyme.

CONT

Le mot autonyme signifie le signe de même signifiant dont il est le nom et ne signifie que cela; le mot métalinguistique signifie tout ce qu'est langagier, excepté le signe de même signifiant dont il serait le nom; p. ex. dans la phrase "table ne prend pas de majuscule" on entend "le mot table ne prend pas de majuscule".

Key term(s)
  • métahomonyme

Spanish

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