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  1. R-25 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Alliteration → Phonestheme

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Alliteration draws attention to recurring initial sounds. A phonestheme associates a recurring sound pattern with meaning. Recurrence alone provides too little evidence to establish that association.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  2. R-26 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Allomorph → Morpheme

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    An allomorph is a particular form of a morpheme. The relation connects an observable variant to the unit of meaning or function it shares with other forms.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  3. R-27 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Allomorph → Inflection

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Inflected forms can display different allomorphs of the same morpheme. This accounts for variation within a paradigm while assigning the variants a common function.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  4. R-28 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Allomorph → Suppletion

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Suppletion involves markedly different forms within a paradigm. Treating them as allomorphs captures the function they share while recognizing that the differences go beyond ordinary sound alternation.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  5. R-29 · Distinction · directed

    Allomorphy → Morpheme

    Meaning of the relation type
    Ein Atlasprofil grenzt den Zielbegriff ausdrücklich ab. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    A morpheme is a functional unit of analysis. Allomorphy describes how that unit can have more than one form.
    Evidence basis
    Profilfeld: Nicht verwechseln mit (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  6. R-30 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Allomorphy → Affix

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    An affix may take different forms in different phonological or grammatical environments. Allomorphy describes this variation when the forms can be assigned to the same functional unit.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  7. R-31 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Allomorphy → Inflection

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Allomorphy accounts for variation in the forms used in inflection. It explains one aspect of the organization of an inflectional paradigm.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  8. R-32 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Allusion → Presupposition

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    An allusion often relies on recognition of an earlier text or familiar motif. A presupposition analysis asks what background knowledge the allusion assumes. That knowledge need not be triggered by a grammatical expression.
    Evidence basis
    Importierter Querverweis über Fachgrenzen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  9. R-33 · Distinction · directed

    Ambigram → Palindrome

    Meaning of the relation type
    Ein Atlasprofil grenzt den Zielbegriff ausdrücklich ab. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    An ambigram can remain legible or yield a different reading under a visual transformation. A palindrome reads the same when the sequence of characters is reversed under the relevant conventions. One test concerns graphic form and the other concerns linear order.
    Evidence basis
    Profilfeld: Nicht verwechseln mit (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  10. R-34 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Ambiguity → Polysemy

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Polysemy can give rise to ambiguity when context leaves more than one related sense available. Ambiguity is the openness to multiple readings. Polysemy is one possible lexical source of it.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  11. R-35 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Ambiguity → Homonymy

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Homonymy can make different readings available for the same form. An utterance is ambiguous when its context leaves more than one of those readings open.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  12. R-36 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Ambiguity → Equivocation

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Equivocation shifts between senses of an expression in an argument. Ambiguity makes that shift possible. On its own, it implies neither deception nor faulty reasoning.
    Evidence basis
    Importierter Querverweis über Fachgrenzen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  13. R-37 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Ambiguity → Irony

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Irony can bring several levels of interpretation into play at once. Ambiguity helps describe the range of readings. Whether an utterance is ironic depends on further evidence from context.
    Evidence basis
    Importierter Querverweis über Fachgrenzen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  14. R-38 · Distinction · directed

    Anadiplosis → Anaphora

    Meaning of the relation type
    Ein Atlasprofil grenzt den Zielbegriff ausdrücklich ab. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Anadiplosis repeats the end of one unit at the beginning of the next. Rhetorical anaphora repeats an expression at the beginnings of successive units. The location of the repetition distinguishes the figures.
    Evidence basis
    Profilfeld: Nicht verwechseln mit (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  15. R-39 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Anadiplosis → Epanalepsis

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Anadiplosis links the end of one unit to the beginning of the next by repetition. Epanalepsis brings back an expression after intervening material. In its narrower sense, the opening expression returns at the end of the same unit.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  16. R-40 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Anadiplosis → Climax

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Anadiplosis can link successive steps in a climax. The repeated expression supplies the link, while the rise in intensity or importance depends on how the steps are arranged.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  17. R-41 · Distinction · directed

    Anagram → Palindrome

    Meaning of the relation type
    Ein Atlasprofil grenzt den Zielbegriff ausdrücklich ab. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    An anagram rearranges the letters of an existing expression. A palindrome preserves the same sequence when read in reverse. Rearrangement and invariance under reversal are different rules.
    Evidence basis
    Profilfeld: Nicht verwechseln mit (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  18. R-42 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Anagram → Letter puzzle

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    An anagram can be presented as a letter puzzle whose solution requires rearranging letters. Letter puzzles can also use other rules for selecting or arranging characters.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  19. R-43 · Productive tension · undirected

    Anacoluthon ↔ Aposiopesis

    Meaning of the relation type
    Zwei Begriffe bilden eine redaktionell bestätigte produktive Spannung. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Both anacoluthon and aposiopesis interrupt an expected construction. In anacoluthon the utterance continues in a different syntactic form. In aposiopesis it breaks off.
    Evidence basis
    ATLAS_094: bestätigte Spannungsachse (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 bestätigt (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  20. R-44 · Distinction · directed

    Anacoluthon → Ellipsis

    Meaning of the relation type
    Ein Atlasprofil grenzt den Zielbegriff ausdrücklich ab. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Anacoluthon shifts away from a syntactic construction already under way. Ellipsis leaves recoverable material unspoken. A change of construction and an omission call for different analyses.
    Evidence basis
    Profilfeld: Nicht verwechseln mit (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  21. R-45 · Distinction · directed

    Analepsis → Prolepsis (narrative anticipation)

    Meaning of the relation type
    Ein Atlasprofil grenzt den Zielbegriff ausdrücklich ab. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Analepsis recounts an earlier event out of sequence. Prolepsis anticipates a later event. The two devices shift the order of presentation relative to story chronology in opposite directions.
    Evidence basis
    Profilfeld: Nicht verwechseln mit (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  22. R-46 · Distinction · directed

    Analogical levelling → Reanalysis

    Meaning of the relation type
    Ein Atlasprofil grenzt den Zielbegriff ausdrücklich ab. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Analogical levelling reduces variation within a paradigm by extending an existing pattern. Reanalysis changes the structural interpretation of a form and need not lead to levelling.
    Evidence basis
    Profilfeld: Nicht verwechseln mit (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  23. R-47 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Analogical levelling → Inflection

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Analogical levelling can bring irregular inflected forms into line with a more widespread pattern. The relation connects a process of language change to the grammatical forms it can reshape.
    Evidence basis
    Importierter Querverweis über Fachgrenzen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  24. R-48 · Distinction · directed

    Anaphora → Epiphora

    Meaning of the relation type
    Ein Atlasprofil grenzt den Zielbegriff ausdrücklich ab. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Rhetorical anaphora repeats an expression at the beginnings of successive units. Epiphora repeats it at their ends. Both create a pattern through repetition, placing it at opposite boundaries.
    Evidence basis
    Profilfeld: Nicht verwechseln mit (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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