What is a contraction relation?

Definition
	A contraction relation is an interpropositional relation in which information previously expressed is partially restated.

Example (English)

I won’t go to see him, I just won’t go.

Source:

Longacre 1983 121

Kind
	Here is a kind of contraction relation:
	What is a summary relation?

Generic
	A contraction relation is a kind of
	What is an interpropositional relation?

Concept module: contraction relation
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): C
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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