gradiencen.

Brit.

/ˈɡreɪdɪəns/, U.S.

/ˈɡreɪdiəns/

Etymology: < gradient adj. and n.: see -ence suffix.

Chiefly Linguistics.

The property of being continuously variable between two (esp. apparently disjunct) values, categories, etc.; an instance of this property, a continuum. Cf. squish n. Additions.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > linguistic cline or continuum

cline1961

gradience1961

1961 D. L. Bolinger Generality, Gradience & All-or-None iii. 23 A more extreme case of interrupted gradience would be something like the vowel scale in English applied in a phonesthetic way to notions of size.

1976 Language 52 392 We have a gradience or squish depending on two hierarchies.

1978 Amer. Speech 53 29 The results are given in table 1, which clearly shows a gradience in pronominal selection, ranging for they from 100 percent to zero.

1988 Appl. Linguistics 9 21 Leech and Coates..adopt a gradience model in order to account for some aspects of the indeterminacy of modal verbs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gradience
释义	gradiencen. Brit. /ˈɡreɪdɪəns/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪdiəns/ Etymology: < gradient adj. and n.: see -ence suffix. Chiefly Linguistics. The property of being continuously variable between two (esp. apparently disjunct) values, categories, etc.; an instance of this property, a continuum. Cf. squish n. Additions. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > linguistic cline or continuum cline1961 gradience1961 1961 D. L. Bolinger Generality, Gradience & All-or-None iii. 23 A more extreme case of interrupted gradience would be something like the vowel scale in English applied in a phonesthetic way to notions of size. 1976 Language 52 392 We have a gradience or squish depending on two hierarchies. 1978 Amer. Speech 53 29 The results are given in table 1, which clearly shows a gradience in pronominal selection, ranging for they from 100 percent to zero. 1988 Appl. Linguistics 9 21 Leech and Coates..adopt a gradience model in order to account for some aspects of the indeterminacy of modal verbs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1961
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