Predicational

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to predicates or predications. not-comparable

    "Predicational language allows the child or learner to talk about events located outside of the here and now, about feelings, and about abstract, hypothetical, or imagined arguments and states of affairs."

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"Predicational language allows the child or learner to talk about events located outside of the here and now, about feelings, and about abstract, hypothetical, or imagined arguments and states of affairs."

Etymology

From predication + -al.

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