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| In each case, the abbreviated form and its expansion are set to connote each other all within a single level of signs, while both signs are set to denote their common object in a parallel fashion. This strategy for annexing compressed references to a sign relation can be referred to as an ''acronymically connotative extension'' (ACE) of that sign relation. | | In each case, the abbreviated form and its expansion are set to connote each other all within a single level of signs, while both signs are set to denote their common object in a parallel fashion. This strategy for annexing compressed references to a sign relation can be referred to as an ''acronymically connotative extension'' (ACE) of that sign relation. |
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− | <pre>
| + | {| align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="90%" |
− | The hunter lo'es the morning sun, | + | | colspan="2" | The hunter lo'es the morning sun, |
− | To rouse the mountain deer, my jo,
| + | |- |
− | At noon the fisher takes the glen | + | | width="5%" | || To rouse the mountain deer, my jo, |
− | Adown the burn to steer, my jo:
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− | Gie me the hour o gloamin grey | + | | colspan="2" | At noon the fisher takes the glen |
− | It maks my heart sae cheery, O,
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− | To meet thee on the lea rig, | + | | width="5%" | || Adown the burn to steer, my jo: |
− | My ain kind dearie, O!
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− | Robert Burns, The Lea-Rig, [CPW, 474]
| + | | colspan="2" | Gie me the hour o gloamin grey |
− | </pre>
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| + | | width="5%" | || It maks my heart sae cheery, O, |
| + | |- |
| + | | colspan="2" | To meet thee on the lea-rig, |
| + | |- |
| + | | width="5%" | || My ain kind dearie, O! |
| + | |- |
| + | | colspan="2" align="right" | — Robert Burns, ''The Lea-Rig'', [CPW, 474] |
| + | |} |
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| =====5.1.2.4. The Medium of Communication===== | | =====5.1.2.4. The Medium of Communication===== |