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Syntagm

A syntagm is any combination of units (such as words) that means something. The sentence is an example of a syntagm.

System

Any structure that is characterized by a high degree of regularity and unity is called a system. In this sense, the living organism is a biological system. Related: Structuralism

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Aesthetic Function of Language

А function of language, related to the aspect of communication known as message; it is also called a poetic function. In each communication process, one addresser transmits a message to one addressee; this process occurs in the context of the code and a form of...

Aesthetics

In a broad sense - a branch of philosophy, whose subject is the beauty of art and nature. According to its current use, this definition of aesthetics is, on the one hand, broad, on the other - I claim narrow. It is too broad, as the object of aesthetics today is...

Agency

Possession of status or ability inherent in an agent (actor) - a person, mechanism, or any other object through which a process begins and probably continues or through which some force is exercised and some change is achieved. We usually think of agents as...

Agreeableness to Reason (Method)

One of the four methods of research or ways of establishing beliefs described by Charles Peirce; also called the a priori method. According to the proponents of this method, we should accept, in the course of our struggle to overcome doubt, that faith that is best...

Algorithm

In mathematics, a procedure for solving a problem that has a finite number of steps and often involves repeating an operation; In a more general sense - a step-by-step procedure to achieve a result or solve a difficulty.



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