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empty word
empty word n. Grammar a word which has no lexical meaning but serves a grammatical function; a function word; opposed to full word n. and adj. at full adj., n.2, and adv. Compounds 1b.Chiefly used with reference to Chinese grammar. [Originally after Chinese xūzì (see empty character n.); in later use after xūcí ( < + word, term), which is now the preferred term.]
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1854 F. M. Müller Let. to Chevalier Bunsen on Classif. Turanian Langs. ii. §6 131 The Chinese themselves distinguish between full words (shi tsé) and empty words (hiu tse). These empty words..have no independent meaning of their own, but determine and modify the meaning of other words.
1892 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. I. 22. §58 When a form-word is entirely devoid of meaning, we may call it an empty word, as opposed to full words such as earth and round.
1968 P. Kratochvíl Chinese Lang. Today iv. 117 Traditional Chinese linguists considered practically all minimal forms beside what would be called nouns as ‘empty words’.
1998 T'oung Pao 84 245 It functions as no more than a connector or a ‘pro-verb’ and is not much different from an ‘empty’ word.
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