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Constructs
in linguistics, concepts about generally unobservable linguistic objects, the opposite of elementary concepts —concepts about observable objects. An example of a construct is the phoneme; an example of an elementary concept is a class of speech sounds. Constructs are used as elements in forming an abstract theoretical system (in contrast to elementary concepts.) Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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