distributionaladj.

Etymology: < distribution n. + -al suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: distriˈbutional.

Of or pertaining to distribution, esp. to the geographical distribution of animals or plants.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective]

distributional1864

1864 T. H. Huxley Lect. Compar. Anat. i. 2 The student of the geographical distribution of animals..would..dispose the contents of a Zoological Museum in a totally different manner: basing his classification not upon organs, but on distributional assemblages.

1880 A. R. Wallace Island Life ii. xix. 399 The mode of solving distributional problems.

1933 A. M. Woodbury in Ecol. Monogr. 3 168 (heading) Distributional Units.

1936 Amer. Speech 11 171/1 Mr. Zipf has succeeded in defining distributional factors and in demonstrating their significance in language.

1953 C. E. Bazell Ling. Form 83 The view of traditional grammar that he eats and he is eating stand in immediate opposition is fully confirmed by distributional criteria.

1958 C. F. Hockett Course in Mod. Linguistics xix. 174 The..problems below are in what may be called pure distributional analysis.

Derivatives

distriˈbutionally adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adverb]

distributionally1947

1947 Int. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics July 171 This procedure allows meanings to be catalogued in terms of distributionally defined units.

1951 Z. S. Harris Methods in Struct. Ling. ii. 16 Two utterances or features..distributionally equivalent.

1963 J. Lyons Struct. Semantics ii. 11 The lexeme is a formal unit of grammatical analysis, established distributionally.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	distributional
释义	distributionaladj. Etymology: < distribution n. + -al suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: distriˈbutional. Of or pertaining to distribution, esp. to the geographical distribution of animals or plants. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] distributional1864 1864 T. H. Huxley Lect. Compar. Anat. i. 2 The student of the geographical distribution of animals..would..dispose the contents of a Zoological Museum in a totally different manner: basing his classification not upon organs, but on distributional assemblages. 1880 A. R. Wallace Island Life ii. xix. 399 The mode of solving distributional problems. 1933 A. M. Woodbury in Ecol. Monogr. 3 168 (heading) Distributional Units. 1936 Amer. Speech 11 171/1 Mr. Zipf has succeeded in defining distributional factors and in demonstrating their significance in language. 1953 C. E. Bazell Ling. Form 83 The view of traditional grammar that he eats and he is eating stand in immediate opposition is fully confirmed by distributional criteria. 1958 C. F. Hockett Course in Mod. Linguistics xix. 174 The..problems below are in what may be called pure distributional analysis. Derivatives distriˈbutionally adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adverb] distributionally1947 1947 Int. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics July 171 This procedure allows meanings to be catalogued in terms of distributionally defined units. 1951 Z. S. Harris Methods in Struct. Ling. ii. 16 Two utterances or features..distributionally equivalent. 1963 J. Lyons Struct. Semantics ii. 11 The lexeme is a formal unit of grammatical analysis, established distributionally. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1864
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