Glossary term A

Amplification Relation

An amplification relation is an elaboration relation in which a proposition substantially repeats the content of an earlier one and adds further information.

(English)

He went away; I saw him go away.

  1. Longacre 1983, 119–120
  2. Beekman and Callow 1974, 298–300
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