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1. maininta

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mention

1. kunniapalkinto, kunnianosoitus, kunniamerkki, aatelisarvo, palkinto, kunniamaininta, huomautus, kommentti, palaute, viittaus, maininta, alluusio, viittaus menneisyyteen, hienoilla tuttavuuksilla pröystäily.

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mention suomeksi

mainita, viittaus, kunniamaininta

• maininta

• mainita, viitata

mention englanniksi

• A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

• Bible, Psalms lxxi. 16

I will make mention of thy righteousness.

• Shakespeare

And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention / Of me more must be heard of.

• To make a short reference to something.

• (quote-magazine)

• puhekieltä To utter an word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.

• 2006, Tony Evans, The Transforming Word: Discovering the Power and Provision of the Bible, Moody Publishers (ISBN 9780802480354), page 140

I can illustrate this by mentioning the word lead. Now you have no way of knowing for sure which meaning I have in mind until I give it some context by using it in a sentence.

• 2009, Lieven Vandelanotte, Speech and Thought Representation in English: A Cognitive-functional Approach, Walter de Gruyter (ISBN 9783110205893), page 124

If the verbatimness view derives from the popular notion that DST repeats 'the actual words spoken', a second line of thought takes its cue from Quine's (1940: 23–26, 1960: 146–156) philosophical distinction between words which are “used” vs. words which are merely “mentioned”.

• 2013, Richard Hanley, South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating, Open Court (ISBN 9780812697742)

If I said rightly, “'Niggers' is a seven letter word,” I would be mentioning the word, and when we write it, we use mention-quotes for this purpose (speech typically lacks quotes, except for the occasional air-quotes). If I said, rightly or wrongly, “Niggers are good athletes,” then I would be using “niggers,” not merely mentioning it.

• mentionEnglish mention (act of mentioning)

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