What is a description relation?

Definition
	A description relation is an elaboration relation in which a proposition(s) provides the “contents” of an act of perception or cognition expressed by another proposition.

Example (English)

He looked outside. It was snowing.

Source:

Dijk 1981 272

Generic
	A description relation is a kind of
	What is an elaboration relation?

Source
	Dijk 1981 272–273

Concept module: description relation
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): D
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)
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