linguistic symbol

collocation in English

meaningsoflinguisticandsymbol

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linguistic
adjective
uk
/lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪk/us
/lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪk/
connected with language or the study ...
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symbol
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪm.bəl/us
/ˈsɪm.bəl/
a sign, shape, or object that is used to represent ...
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(Definition oflinguisticandsymbolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Tomasello concludes that alinguisticsymbolis nothing other than a marker for an intersubjectively shared understanding of a situation.
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The meaning of alinguisticsymbolis more than its explicit definition; it includes the experiences the speaker associates with the given symbol.
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But besides their instrumental functions, linguistic symbols can themselves represent cultural values.
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Goldberg's contention that sentence-level constructions are meaningful, albeit complex, linguistic symbols is a very powerful idea.
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The linguistic symbols are no more real to reductionist connectionists than are ' objects ' to physicists who think of ' objects ' as our limited perceptual system's misunderstanding of underlying electro-magnetic energy configurations.
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However, classical connectionists are quite explicit that whatever might appear to be symbolic reasoning really depends on linguistic symbols like words or other formal symbols like equations.
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In learning a language, a child is inheriting a vast set of linguistic symbols that have been passed down many generations.
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The students experiences are linked to shared linguistic symbols.
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Back-translation must in general be less accurate than back-calculation because linguistic symbols (words) are often ambiguous, whereas mathematical symbols are intentionally unequivocal.
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It is a necessary skill for children to acquire linguistic symbols.
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Distinction: each level has its own linguistic symbols and network of relationships.
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