| 释义 |
segmentalization|sɛgˌmɛntəlaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. next + -ation.]
Division into segments; spec. in Linguistics, transformation of a grammatical feature into a distinct segment of speech or text. Cf. segment n. 4 c.
1964E. Becker in I. L. Horowitz New Sociology 115 There is another kind of confusion..in complex society, which Mills called attention to as a ‘segmentalization of conduct’. 1969Language XLV. 718 The auxiliary be is introduced by a segmentalization transformation from features of the following element. 1970Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics XVI. 17 Their [sc. linguistic features'] eventual extraposition (or ‘segmentalization’) is blocked in the case of participles. |