type-shifting

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Synonyms: time-shifting

Antonyms: time-shifting

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|linguistics|semantics}} An operation or rule that maps the [[denotation]] of an expression of one [[semantic]] [[type]] to a related denotation of a different type, allowing it to be interpreted with a type other than its basic one.

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