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Pleonastic extensions

Posted byBrian Hopkins May 22, 2019

An overgeneralization of a word that uses not only perceptual features, but also fortuitous event conjunctions, such as referring to a lake as a ‘duck’ because sometimes ducks are found there.

See Language development, Overgenealization, Undergeneralization

Posted byBrian HopkinsMay 22, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: glossary

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