| 单词 | logical word |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslogical word logical word n. a word of the type which gives logical context or form to a proposition but which, by itself, is non-representational and without meaning (see quot. 1940). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > [noun] > function word particle1533 parcel1571 syncategorem1655 agency1778 empty word1854 symbolic1871 form-word1875 structural word1884 particule1889 pheme1906 structure word1925 function word1927 operator1938 logical word1940 keneme1950 rheme1953 functor1958 1940 B. Russell Inq. into Meaning & Truth 20 We pass from the primary to the secondary language by adding what I shall call ‘logical words’, such as ‘or’, ‘not’, ‘some’, and ‘all’, together with the words ‘true’ and ‘false’ as applied to sentences in the object-language. 1958 S. E. Toulmin Uses Argument iv. 149 The validity of syllogisms being closely bound up with the proper distribution of logical words within the statements composing them. 1972 Sci. Amer. Sept. 82/3 Language performs this miraculous function largely through such little particles as ‘if’, ‘when’, ‘not’, ‘therefore’, ‘all’ and ‘some’, which have been called logical words because they account for the ability of language to formulate logical inferences (also known as syllogisms). < as lemmas |
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