rank shiftn.

Brit.

/ˈraŋk ʃɪft/, U.S.

/ˈræŋk ˌʃɪft/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rank n.¹, shift n.

Etymology: < rank n.¹ + shift n.

1. A change in ranking; (Economics) a shift in the relative position of a company in a ranking system which analyses performance against similar companies.

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1953 N.Y. Times 7 Apr. (heading) 43/3 Rank shifts cited at bankers' trial.

1960 Rev. Econ. & Statistics 42 113 It is intended to demonstrate that analysis of rank shifts..reveals that the appearance of structural stability given by the familiar concentration measures masks a significant degree of fluidity.

1973 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 28 Aug. 21/8 Albany had a hearing on its priority system last month. Resulting rank shifts included dropping the metro plant from 27 to 34.

1990 T. W. Ruefli Ordinal Time Series Anal. iv. 52 We will first analyze the rank shift behavior of the top 50 transportation firms as a group.

2002 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 4 Dec. The change in reporting may account for Bank of America's rank shift in North Carolina.

2. Linguistics. In systemic grammar: the use of a linguistic unit as part of the structure of another unit lower than or equal to itself in rank. See rank n.¹ 7e.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [noun] > change of word order or position > specific types of movement or transformation

cleft construction1937

wh-transformation1957

rank shift1961

rankshifting1965

fronting1966

pseudo-cleft1967

promotion1968

pseudo-clefting1970

tough movement1971

slifting1973

extraposing1976

1961 M. A. K. Halliday in Word 17 251 The theory allows for downward ‘rank shift’: the transfer of a (formal realization of a) given unit to a lower rank... It does not allow for upward rank shift.

1972 M. L. Samuels Linguistic Evol. iv. 59 Many later additions to the inventory of English prepositions resulted from a similar process of historical rankshift, e.g. concerning, regarding, according to, owing to, and (more recently) due to.

2003 B. Derewianka in A.-M. Simon-Vandenbergen et al. Grammatical Metaphor 190 Most instances of grammatical metaphor do, in fact, involve rankshift.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rank shift
释义	rank shiftn. Brit. /ˈraŋk ʃɪft/, U.S. /ˈræŋk ˌʃɪft/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rank n.¹, shift n. Etymology: < rank n.¹ + shift n. 1. A change in ranking; (Economics) a shift in the relative position of a company in a ranking system which analyses performance against similar companies. ΚΠ 1953 N.Y. Times 7 Apr. (heading) 43/3 Rank shifts cited at bankers' trial. 1960 Rev. Econ. & Statistics 42 113 It is intended to demonstrate that analysis of rank shifts..reveals that the appearance of structural stability given by the familiar concentration measures masks a significant degree of fluidity. 1973 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 28 Aug. 21/8 Albany had a hearing on its priority system last month. Resulting rank shifts included dropping the metro plant from 27 to 34. 1990 T. W. Ruefli Ordinal Time Series Anal. iv. 52 We will first analyze the rank shift behavior of the top 50 transportation firms as a group. 2002 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 4 Dec. The change in reporting may account for Bank of America's rank shift in North Carolina. 2. Linguistics. In systemic grammar: the use of a linguistic unit as part of the structure of another unit lower than or equal to itself in rank. See rank n.¹ 7e. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [noun] > change of word order or position > specific types of movement or transformation cleft construction1937 wh-transformation1957 rank shift1961 rankshifting1965 fronting1966 pseudo-cleft1967 promotion1968 pseudo-clefting1970 tough movement1971 slifting1973 extraposing1976 1961 M. A. K. Halliday in Word 17 251 The theory allows for downward ‘rank shift’: the transfer of a (formal realization of a) given unit to a lower rank... It does not allow for upward rank shift. 1972 M. L. Samuels Linguistic Evol. iv. 59 Many later additions to the inventory of English prepositions resulted from a similar process of historical rankshift, e.g. concerning, regarding, according to, owing to, and (more recently) due to. 2003 B. Derewianka in A.-M. Simon-Vandenbergen et al. Grammatical Metaphor 190 Most instances of grammatical metaphor do, in fact, involve rankshift. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953
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