| 单词 | theoretical linguistics |
| 释义 | > as lemmastheoretical linguistics 4. Designating that part of a subject or discipline that is concerned with conceptual aspects and the development of theories relating to that subject or discipline, as theoretical chemistry, theoretical linguistics, theoretical physics, etc. Also: designating an expert in or practitioner of such an area of study, as theoretical astronomer, theoretical linguist, theoretical physicist, etc. Frequently opposed to practical, applied, experimental. ΚΠ 1813 T. Thomson Trav. Sweden viii. 163 John Peter Fröberg, Teacher of Theoretical Physics. 1820 Philos. Mag. 55 202 Such communications and digests as seem calculated..either to supply deficiencies, or to afford useful materials to the theoretical astronomer. 1855 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 1 Dec. Such benefits could only be derived from the study of theoretical chemistry in the fullest sense. 1880 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 1 329 The whole subject [sc. the classification of languages] is decidedly the least satisfactory and the least valuable part of theoretical linguistics. 1963 Biennial Rev. Anthropol. 3 i. 2 Where the anthropological linguist derives aid and inspiration from cultural anthropology, the theoretical linguist looks toward logic and mathematics. 1970 BioSci. 20 632/3 The retention of the original bilingual papers and discussions assure a wide audience which a field as new and wide in scope as theoretical biology deserves. 1992 Appl. Linguistics 13 291 The assumption in cognitive science and theoretical linguistics has traditionally been that the mind processes information in the same way as a serial digital computer. 2006 F. Wilczek Fantastic Realities 273 The ratio of these scales—the Planck mass and the grand unification scale—is another fundamental dimensionless number, whose calculation presents an inspiring challenge to theoretical physics. < as lemmas |
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