单词 | non-thematic |
释义 | non-thematicadj. 1. Linguistics. a. = athematic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [adjective] > with connecting vowel > not unthematic1888 athematic1894 non-thematic1933 1933 E. H. Sturtevant Compar. Gram. Hittite Lang. vi. 217 There is also, as in I[ndo-] E[uropean], a distinction between thematic and non-thematic conjugation. 1955 T. Burrow Sanskrit Lang. vii. 318 The verbs are divided into two major types, (a) non-thematic..and (b) thematic. 1993 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 38 5 Subjects of non-thematic verbs need not be phonetically overt for many speakers. b. Not conveying any further information; forming part of the rheme; = rhematic adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [adjective] > relating to theme or rheme > not non-thematic1959 1959 Brno Stud. in Eng. 1 43 The indefinite article and its zero plural variant..play an important part in that co-operation of means which may render non-thematic even such a subject as occurs at the very beginning, or very near the beginning, of the sentence. 1992 M. Baker In Other Words (BNC) Some languages (Japanese included) use special affixes to mark given and new information or thematic and non-thematic elements. 2. Having no theme; (Music) = athematic adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [adjective] > style of composition grandc1666 romantic1836 routinier1837 parodistic1845 rococo1868 virtuose1873 virtuosic1879 galant1884 polymorphous1890 monothematic1894 rococo1904 impressionistic1908 salon1914 gallant1925 athematic1935 non-thematic1946 minimalistic1947 stochastic1958 progressive1963 minimal1968 post-minimal1971 minimalist1977 1946 G. Abraham in A. L. Bacharach Brit. Music 55 Neptune, the Mystic, which shares with Saturn the distinction of being one of the most remarkable purely impressionistic, practically non-thematic pieces of music ever written. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 Sept. 59 (advt.) A non-thematic conference..will be held in late February. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1933 |
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