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Dictionary of language and linguistics 1058semivowel1 (also glide 1 ) Principally a phonologically defined subclass of approximants. Asemivowel functions phonologically like a consonant, that is, does not constitute thenucleus of the syllable, e.g. [j] in Eng. [‘jelευ] yellow and in Fr. huit ‘eight.’Referencessyllable2 In Old Church Slavic and in the reconstructed primary stages of contemporarySlavic languages, an overshort ĭ or ŭ (b or ъ).semologysemiologysenseFrege’s (1892) term (Ger. Sinn) for the characteristic or quality of the object denoted bythe linguistic expression. Frege’s distinction of Sinn vs Bedeutung (translated as sense vsreference) corresponds to the dichotomies of meaning vs referent or that of intension vsextension. ( also connotation, denotation)ReferencesCarl, W. 1994. Frege ‘s theory of sense and reference. Cambridge.Frege, G. 1892. Über Sinn und Bedeutung. Zeitschrift für Philosophie und philosophische Kritik(new series) 100.25–50. (Repr. in Kleine Schriften, ed I.Angelelli. Darmstadt, 1967 143–62.(Also as: On sense and reference, trans. M.Black. In P. Geach and M.Black (eds), Translationfrom the philosophical writings of Gottlob Frege. Oxford. 56–78.)intension, meaning