A referent (/ˈrɛfərənt/ REF-ər-ənt) is a person or thing to which a name – a linguistic expression or other symbol – refers. For example, in the sentence...
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Referent power is a form of reverence gained by a leader who has strong interpersonal relationship skills. Referent power, as an aspect of personal power...
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The nearest referent is a grammatical term sometimes used when two or more possible referents of a pronoun, or other part of speech, cause ambiguity in...
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Case–control study (redirect from Case-referent study)
A case–control study (also known as case–referent study) is a type of observational study in which two existing groups differing in outcome are identified...
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Systems theory (redirect from Referent system)
Systems theory is the transdisciplinary study of systems, i.e. cohesive groups of interrelated, interdependent components that can be natural or artificial...
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is called the referent of the first object. A name is usually a phrase or expression, or some other symbolic representation. Its referent may be anything...
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identified those five bases of power as coercive, reward, legitimate, referent, and expert. This was followed by Raven's subsequent addition in 1965 of...
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or place – is a name which ordinarily is taken to uniquely identify its referent in the world. As such it presents particular challenges for theories of...
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although the pronouns can have a referent, they cannot have a direct relationship with the referent where the referent selects the pronoun. For instance...
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