单词 | pro-form |
释义 | pro-formn. Linguistics. A morpheme, word, lexical unit, or other clause constituent which concisely refers to and is used in place of a more specific expression occurring or implied elsewhere in the discourse. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > pro-form substitute1807 prop-word1892 substituend1939 pro-form1959 1959 S. C. Gudschinsky in Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 25 87/2 The transformations of independent sentences to sequence sentences include the substitution of pro-forms. 1964 J. J. Katz & P. M. Postal Integrated Theory Ling. Descr. iv. 83 The dictionary entry of every pro-form (i.e., every form dominated by the constituent Pro) must contain the semantic marker (Selector). 1976 Analysis 36 80 Proforms and modified proforms, upon given occasions of their use, get their semantic content from their antecedents. 2002 D. E. Watters Gram. Kham vi. 113 There are three adjectival pro-forms in Kham, each with a different initial depending on the modified object's relative distance from the speaker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1959 |
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