| 单词 | class cleavage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclass cleavage class cleavage n. (a) political division between different social classes; an instance of this; (b) Linguistics the occurrence of a word in more than one grammatical class; the use of a word to fulfil a new or different grammatical function (rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > [noun] > occurrence in more than one part of speech class cleavage1933 1893 Times 16 Jan. 7/3 You would have a central council composed one-third of owners, one-third of occupiers, one-third of labourers, and yet you would not have any class cleavage between them. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xii. 204 The word one occurs not only as an indefinite determiner (one man), but also in some entirely different functions (as in a big one, if one only knew); this phenomenon may be designated as class-cleavage. 1937 J. M. Murry Necessity of Pacifism vi. 98 Advanced Capitalism operates far more strongly towards national cohesion than towards class-cleavage. 1954 D. M. Potter People of Plenty i. 44 The answer to this question..might depend upon the depth of class cleavages within the society. 1986 W. Safire in N.Y. Times 1 June 12/2 Modern advertising is entranced with two techniques: attributive nominating and class cleavage. 2005 M. Smith Civil Society? 22 Society is not divided by class cleavages alone, but is also characterized by cleavages based on other definitions of the interests of the individual. < as lemmas |
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