单词 | full word |
释义 | > as lemmasfull word full word n. and adj. Linguistics (a) n. a word that has an independent meaning, as distinct from a function word (originally spec. with reference to Chinese grammar; cf. empty word n. at empty adj. and n. Compounds 2); (b) adj. consisting of a complete word. [Originally after Chinese shízì (see full character n.); in later use after Chinese shící ( < shí + cí word, term), which is now the preferred term.] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > [noun] > content word full word1854 object word1876 plereme1939 content word1940 lexical word1963 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > [noun] > content word > specifically in Chinese full word1854 full character1863 1854 F. M. Müller Let. to Chevalier Bunsen on Classif. Turanian Langs. ii. §6 131 The Chinese themselves distinguish between full words (shi tsé) and empty words (hiu tse). 1892 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. I. 22. §58 When a form-word is entirely devoid of meaning, we may call it an empty word, as opposed to full words such as earth and round. 1934 R. C. Priebsch & W. E. Collinson German Lang. iii. 249 Other full-word suffixes are -bar, -haft. 2000 P. Baldi & C. Dawar in G. Booij et al. Morphologie I. 968 (heading) Full word suffixes. 2013 G. L. Campbell & G. King Compend. World's Langs. (ed. 3) 1770 The Chinese distinction between ‘full words’ (shící) and ‘empty words’ (xūcí) can be usefully applied to Vietnamese. < as lemmas |
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