Class: Language

Language is a language entity which is the result of encoding and decoding information through systematic creation and usage of systems of symbols, each pairing a specific sign with an intended meaning, established through social conventions

URI: sio:Language

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Parents

  • is_a: LanguageEntity - A language entity implements some language specification for the visual interpretation and is part of some document.

Children

  • SignLanguage - A sign language (also signed language) is a language that involves manual communication and body language to convey meaning. This can involve simultaneously combining hand shapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to fluidly express a speaker's thoughts.
  • VerbalLanguage - A verbal language is a language that uses sounds to communicate.
  • WrittenLanguage - written language is a language that is communicated through a writing system.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Inherited from LanguageEntity:

  • hasCreator 0..1
    • Description: has creator is a relation between an entity and that which created it.
    • Range: Entity

  • hasAttribute 0..1

    • Description: has attribute is a relation that associates a entity with an attribute where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic such as a quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier) either directly or indirectly through generalization of entities of the same type.

    • Range: Entity

    • satisfies 0..1

    • Description: satisfies is a relation between an entity and the specification or objective that it conforms to.

    • Range: Description

    • isRelatedTo 0..1
    • Description: A is related to B iff there is some relation between A and B.
    • Range: Entity
    • derivesInto 0..1

    • Description: a derives to b if and only if a or some part thereof is consumed in the formation of b.

    • Range: Object

    • isAnnotationOf 0..1

    • Description: is annotation of is a relation between some textual entity and the entity that it annotates.

    • Range: Entity