. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "A Speaker communicates a message stating an Item's membership in a Category, i.e., asserts that the Item has the defining characteristics of the Category. Alternatively, the message is conceived as communicated by a Medium.\nHe depicted his involvement as merely peripheral.\nThe first half of the book portrays Bragg's mother as a beautiful and heartbroken woman."^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "frame"^^ . . .