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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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The hunter lo'es the morning sun,
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| colspan="2" | The hunter lo'es the morning sun,
To rouse the mountain deer, my jo,
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At noon the fisher takes the glen
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| width="5%"  | &nbsp; || 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   
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| 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,
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| width="5%"  | &nbsp; || Adown the burn to steer, my jo:
My ain kind dearie, O!
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Robert Burns, The Lea-Rig, [CPW, 474]
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| colspan="2" | Gie me the hour o gloamin grey
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| width="5%"  | &nbsp; || My ain kind dearie, O!
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| colspan="2" align="right" | &mdash; 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=====
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