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单词 pronominal
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Definition of pronominal in English:

pronominal

adjective prəʊˈnɒmɪn(ə)l
  • Relating to or serving as a pronoun.

    a pronominal form
    Example sentencesExamples
    • First, there is the problem of pronominal referents.
    • Furthermore, demonstrative nominal and demonstrative pronominal anaphors appeared to function quite differently in expressing differences in transition stages of discourse referents.
    • The numeral plus classifier can be used in a pronominal sense.
    • Attachment ambiguities and pronominal reference ambiguities are just everywhere.
    • This turns out to be unexplained under the pronominal anaphor account: if a long-distance reflexive were a pronominal anaphor, it would be expected to be bound in the matrix sentence.
    • In the latter, the old three-way pronominal system followed its own course of development.
    • Some of his corrections really did have to do with grammar or syntax, such as his insistence on maintaining consistent parallel structure and pronominal reference.
    • As in the pronominal anaphora case, descriptive material does the work that reference does in most other accounts of the semantics of temporal and modal discourse.

Derivatives

  • pronominalization

  • noun prəʊˌnɒmɪnəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
    Grammar
  • pronominalize

  • verb prəʊˈnɒmɪnəlʌɪz
    [with object]Grammar
    • Replace with or treat as a pronoun.

      a fixed expression is not normally passivized or pronominalized
  • pronominally

  • adverbprəʊˈnɒmɪnəliproʊˈnɑmənəli
    • As noted, classifiers (together with an appropriate numeral and/or determiner) can be used pronominally.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin pronominalis 'belonging to a pronoun', from Latin pronomen (see pronoun).

Rhymes

abdominal, nominal, phenomenal
 
 

Definition of pronominal in US English:

pronominal

adjective
  • Relating to or serving as a pronoun.

    a pronominal form
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Attachment ambiguities and pronominal reference ambiguities are just everywhere.
    • First, there is the problem of pronominal referents.
    • Some of his corrections really did have to do with grammar or syntax, such as his insistence on maintaining consistent parallel structure and pronominal reference.
    • This turns out to be unexplained under the pronominal anaphor account: if a long-distance reflexive were a pronominal anaphor, it would be expected to be bound in the matrix sentence.
    • Furthermore, demonstrative nominal and demonstrative pronominal anaphors appeared to function quite differently in expressing differences in transition stages of discourse referents.
    • In the latter, the old three-way pronominal system followed its own course of development.
    • The numeral plus classifier can be used in a pronominal sense.
    • As in the pronominal anaphora case, descriptive material does the work that reference does in most other accounts of the semantics of temporal and modal discourse.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin pronominalis ‘belonging to a pronoun’, from Latin pronomen (see pronoun).

 
 
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