predicational

adj

predicational

adj

Etymology From predication + -al.

1

Relating to predicates or predications.

  • 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.2002, Claire J. Kramsch, Language Acquisition and Language Socialization, page 156:

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