| 释义 |
minimality|mɪnɪˈmælɪtɪ|
[f. minimal a. + -ity.]
1. Linguistics. The quality or character of being minimal.
1953C. E. Bazell Ling. Form i. 10 The criterion of minimality is fulfilled in either case. 1963J. Lyons Structural Semantics ii. 29 What can be done, however, is to apply the criterion of minimality after the establishment of the several meaning-relations between sentences in context. 1969Word XXV. 235 Because of the minimality requirement in the definition of the morpheme, the second class is not equivalent to a class of bound morphemes.
2. = minimalism 2.
1969E. Lucie-Smith Movements in Art since 1945 viii. 242 Judd's colleague, Robert Morris, defends minimality in equally emphatic terms. |