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Under the '''[[semantic]] space''' analysis of [[Toki Pona]], [[content word]]s have broad definitions that map onto a wide range of words in other languages.
Many existing [[dictionaries]] present a limited, discrete list of related translations within each Toki Pona word's semantic space, without giving a clearer sense of the size and shape of the underlying meaning. The semantic space explanation is meant to avoid misconceptions with these definition lists.<ref>{{tok|lipamanka}}. [//lipamanka.gay/essays/semantic-spaces on the definitions of toki pona words]. ''lipamanka.gay''.</ref> {{tok|lipamanka}} has created a dictionary that describes semantic spaces in full prose.<ref>{{tok|lipamanka}}. [//lipamanka.gay/essays/dictionary toki pona dictionary]. ''lipamanka.gay''.</ref>
One element of most words' semantic spaces is the literal–figurative axis. The core of the semantic space will be a literal sense, with metaphorical extensions which may or may not be familiar to English speakers.
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