- formal mode
- noun
: language that makes statements about linguistic signs without reference to their meaning or denotation — contrasted with material mode
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
formal mode
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formal/material mode of speech — A distinction that assumed great importance in the work of Carnap, particularly in his Logical Syntax of Language (1934). In the material mode of speech objects and their relations are the topic; in the formal mode, language itself is mentioned.… … Philosophy dictionary
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mode */*/ — UK [məʊd] / US [moʊd] noun Word forms mode : singular mode plural modes 1) [countable] a particular way of doing something mode of: an efficient mode of production Email is becoming an increasingly popular mode of communication. 2) [countable]… … English dictionary
material mode — noun : language that ostensively makes statements about objects, properties, and relations contrasted with formal mode … Useful english dictionary
