Notional
Notional
A notional X is an X that is thought of informally or in extralinguistic terms.
A notional noun is a person, place or thing.
A notional verb is a doing word.
A notional sentence is a complete thought.
Source: Crystal 1997
Crystal, David. 1997.A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. 4th edition. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.
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