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  1. R-457 · Distinction · directed

    Symbol → Convention

    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 symbol draws meaning from a learned association. Convention helps explain how the association becomes established in a community. A convention can also govern actions beyond the use of a particular symbol.
    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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  2. R-458 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Symbol → Code

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    A code can relate symbols systematically. An individual symbol is one element in the wider set of correspondences and rules of use.
    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-459 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Symbol → Semiosis

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    A symbol is interpreted through learned associations. Semiosis makes it possible to analyse how those associations work and change as signs are used.
    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-460 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Literary synaesthesia → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Literary synaesthesia brings qualities from different senses together in language. It can be studied as a particular kind of metaphorical transfer.
    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-461 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Literary synaesthesia → Sound symbolism

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Literary synaesthesia transfers qualities across sensory domains. Sound symbolism links sound forms with meanings. The comparison identifies different ways in which sensory form can shape linguistic meaning.
    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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  6. R-462 · Distinction · directed

    Literary synaesthesia → Interoception

    Meaning of the relation type
    Ein Atlasprofil grenzt den Zielbegriff ausdrücklich ab. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Literary synaesthesia combines qualities from different sensory domains in language. Interoception concerns perception of internal bodily signals. The comparison distinguishes a way of expressing experience from a domain of perception.
    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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  7. R-463 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Literary synaesthesia → Embodiment

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Embodiment offers a framework for studying how bodily experience contributes to literary synaesthesia. The comparison concerns how the text builds meaning, beyond any question of neurological synaesthesia.
    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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  8. R-464 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Synecdoche → Metonymy

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Synecdoche uses a part–whole relation to refer to something. Depending on the rhetorical tradition, it can be treated as a kind of metonymy or as a separate figure.
    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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  9. R-465 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Synecdoche → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Synecdoche and metaphor can both name or describe something indirectly. Synecdoche uses a relation such as part to whole. Metaphor interprets one domain through another.
    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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  10. R-466 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Synecdoche → Meronymy

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Meronymy describes a part–whole relation. Synecdoche can make use of such a relation in naming. The comparison connects a semantic relation with one of its rhetorical uses.
    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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  11. R-467 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Taboo shift → Shift in meaning

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    A shift in what is taboo can change when expressions are used and how they are evaluated. It can be accompanied by semantic change, although a new social norm need not produce a new lexical sense.
    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-468 · Productive tension · undirected

    Topicalization ↔ Focus

    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
    Topicalisation gives an entity a prominent role as a topic. Focus can mark prominence or select among alternatives. The comparison concerns different functions that can both produce prominence.
    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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  13. R-469 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Topicalization → Information structure

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Topicalisation is one way of organising information in an utterance. Information structure also includes distinctions and operations beyond placing a constituent at the front.
    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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  14. R-470 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Topicalization → Deixis

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Topicalisation and deixis can help participants orient themselves towards the same entity. Topicalisation organises its role in the utterance. Deixis makes its reference identifiable through the situation.
    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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  15. R-471 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Transcreation → Skopos

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Transcreation redesigns material for an intended effect. Skopos makes that purpose explicit and gives a basis for judging departures from the source.
    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-472 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Transcreation → Untranslatability

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Transcreation can respond to effects or expressions that are difficult to transfer directly. Untranslatability helps identify the difference an adaptation has to address. The chosen adaptation still needs a justification.
    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-473 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Transcreation → Domestication

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Transcreation can draw on conventions familiar to its new audience. Whether domestication is appropriate depends on the purpose of the adaptation.
    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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  18. R-474 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Triadic sign model (Peirce) → Interpretant

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    The interpretant has a constitutive role in the triadic model of the sign. It concerns the effect or further sign through which the sign is understood, a role distinct from the person interpreting 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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  19. R-475 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Triadic sign model (Peirce) → Semiosis

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    The triadic model describes relations among sign, object and interpretant. Semiosis concerns how those relations unfold in a process of interpretation.
    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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  20. R-476 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Triadic sign model (Peirce) → Index

    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 index depends on an actual or situational connection. In a triadic model its operation as a sign also depends on how that connection is interpreted.
    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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  21. R-477 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Triadic sign model (Peirce) → Icon

    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 icon depends on a relevant resemblance. The triadic model also asks how that resemblance comes to function in the interpretation of the sign.
    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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  22. R-478 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Tu quoque argument → Ad hominem argument

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    A tu quoque argument points to an alleged inconsistency in the other person’s conduct. It can be analysed as a form of ad hominem reasoning when that move diverts attention from the argument itself.
    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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  23. R-479 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Tu quoque argument → Straw man argument

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    A tu quoque argument and a straw man argument can each sidestep an examination of the issue. The former appeals to the other person’s conduct. The latter distorts the position being challenged.
    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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  24. R-480 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Tu quoque argument → Equivocation

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Tu quoque points to alleged inconsistency in a person’s conduct. Equivocation changes the sense of an expression. The comparison separates two ways an argument can go wrong.
    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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