| 释义 |
singulative Gram.|ˈsɪŋgjʊlətɪv|
[ad. F. singulatif: cf. singular a. and -ative.]
(See quot. 1966); also, a singular form.
[1952Meillet & Cohen Langues du Monde (ed. 2) 1279 Singulatif, morphème ayant pour fonction de donner à un mot une valeur de singulier, généralement par opposition à un collectif.] 1966M. Pei Gloss. Linguistic Terminol. 250 Singulative, a morpheme having for its function to give a word the force of a singular, usually by way of opposition to a collective (rice, rice-grain). 1970J. McN. Dodgson Pl.-Names Cheshire I. 151 The -inn, -enn suffix is not diminutive but a singulative... The singulative effect would indicate some particularised aspect of a location—e.g. a particular piece of moorland in a general area of moors. 1977Word 1972 XXVIII. 194 Clocs: plural clocsiau...; doubly characterized plural, with a new ‘singulative’ clocsen. |