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Gradience and Related Notions
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Abstract
The notion of gradience as deWned in previous chapters bears a resemblance to a number of other phenomena in language. In this chapter I will discuss how gradience compares with related notions/ideas, some of which we have already come across Xeetingly in earlier chapters.
Title: Gradience and Related Notions
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Abstract
The notion of gradience as deWned in previous chapters bears a resemblance to a number of other phenomena in language.
In this chapter I will discuss how gradience compares with related notions/ideas, some of which we have already come across Xeetingly in earlier chapters.
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