| 释义 |
pronominalization|prəʊˌnɒmɪnəlaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. pronominalize v. + -ation.]
The process or fact of replacing (a noun or noun phrase) by a pronoun. Also attrib.
1961Amer. Speech XXXVI. 163 The optional deletion of the modifier..occurring in the grammar after the pronominalization. 1965N. Chomsky Aspects of Theory of Syntax iii. 145 Sameness of reference requires reflexivization of the second Noun Phrase (this is also true of pronominalization). 1970Language XLVI. 172 The essence of the pronominalization rule adopted..is that any noun phrase..may be expressed as a pronoun. 1971J. P. Thorne in A. J. Aitken et al. Edin. Stud. Eng. & Scots 59 The rules governing pronominalisation require either that the pronoun occurs in the deep structure of the sentence or that the deep structure contains two identical noun phrases, in which case a transformational rule rewrites one of them as a pronoun in the surface structure. 1979Trans. Philol. Soc. 58 Hankamer (1971)..has argued that pronominalization is a special instance of deletion. |