单词 | adnex |
释义 | adnexn. Grammar. Now rare. Otto Jespersen's word for: a word (typically a verb) or group of words of secondary importance in a nexus (nexus n. 1b) or predicative relation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > word or phrase of specific rank or importance quaternary1899 adjunct1914 subjunct1914 adnex1924 primary1924 secondary1924 tertiary1924 focus1966 1924 O. Jespersen Philos. Gram. vii. 100 Finite forms of verbs can only stand as secondary words (adnexes), never either as primaries or as tertiaries. 1924 O. Jespersen Philos. Gram. vii. 97 It will be useful to have the special names adjunct for a secondary word in a junction, and adnex for a secondary word in a nexus. 1933 O. Jespersen Syst. Gram. 17 The dog runs, nexus: runs..is adnex to dog. 1933 A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Andaman Islanders (rev. ed.) 504 In nexus the primary precedes the adnex, or in other words the nominative precedes the verb. 1951 W. J. Entwistle Aspects of Lang. (1953) v. 160 The three ranks are formed by the primary, secondary, and tertiary words of each group and are specifically named 1 junction, 2 adjunct, 3 subjunct, and 1 nexus, 2 adnex, 3 subnex. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1924 |
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