holophrase

(ˈhɒləˌfreɪz)

(Linguistics) linguistics the use of one word to express a whole phrase or concept, or an example of this

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hol•o•phrase

(ˈhɒl əˌfreɪz, ˈhoʊ lə-)

n.

a single word expressing the ideas of a phrase or sentence.

[1895–1900]

hol`o•phras′tic (-ˈfræs tɪk) adj.

holophrasis, holophrase

the ability, in certain languages, to express a complex idea or entire sentence in a single word, as the imperative “Stop!” — holophrasm, n. — holophrastic, adj.

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Part Two of the installation traces her son's weaning from the holophrase, that is his beginning to join single words into phrases.

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The opening line: 'I want a holophrase' almost certainly alludes to Harrison's discussion of early language in Themis in which she demonstrates linguistic instances where subject and object become indistinguishable.

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Many children will spend several months using just a single word to express themselves (what professionals refer to as a "holophrase"); they may spend many more months using two or three word phrases (what professionals refer to as "telegraphic speech"); and they may not begin to employ full sentences until sometime after their third birthday.

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1998: "The Basis of Syntax in the Holophrase." Hannay y Bolkestein 267-96.

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Each section examines a stage in the constitution of a woman's identity in and through significant moments in her child's development: for instance, weaning from the breast, weaning from the holophrase (learning to speak), weaning from the dyad (periodic separation from the mother).

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