Here is a vogue phrase in which punctuation marks define meaning.
It involves abstraction to define meaning, goals, and principles, as well as precision to define details and features.
This is a truly deep problem in any theory that hopes to define meaning by functional relationships between brain states.
Indeed Block (1995: 152), and to a certain extent Horwich (2005: 38), are willing to define meaning holism in terms of this purported consequence.
To the learner of English, often brought up on a diet of grammar rules and comfortably defined meanings, such instances of language use, while commonplace, often seem to defy analysis.
According to its commonly defined meaning, a "pause" is the interruption or suspension of a process.
Lecoq also rejected the idea of mime as a rigidly codified sign language, where every gesture had a defined meaning.
This phrase, he said, has no clearly defined meaning in the realm of government spending — unlike words like "obligate" and "expend".
Wright laments the tendency for politicians to use words that suggest they cover all things but do not, citing the phrase "Aboriginal self-determination" as one that has been bandied around without being given any specific or defined meaning.
The humane economy defines meaning: improving interpersonal connection, relating to other living beings.
Cultural capacity includes the legitimacy and socially defined meaning of sustainability objectives, as well as their embedment in community values.
