| 单词 | form-class |
| 释义 | > as lemmasform-class form-class n. (a) Forestry (see quot. 1905), (b) Linguistics a class of linguistic forms having some feature in common, such as being usable in the same position within a given construction, or being spoken with exclamatory final pitch. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > linguistic category or set form-class1905 category1933 superset1970 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > growing-stock > form-class of trees form-class1905 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 12 Form class, all trees in a stand so similar in form that the same form factor is applicable in determining their actual volume. 1921 E. Sapir Lang. Index 252 Form-classes. 1932 Forestry 6 143 Each tree was placed in its form-class according to the value of the girth quotient. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. ix. 146 All English substantives belong to a form-class. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xii. 202 The form-class of limiting adjectives is much smaller than that of descriptive adjectives. 1958 C. F. Hockett Course in Mod. Linguistics xviii. 162 A class of forms which have similar privileges of occurrence in building larger forms is a form-class. 1962 in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 280 The principle of form-class equivalence, that glosses should be perfect and complete translations in respect to grammatical class. 1970 A. Cameron et al. Computers & Old Eng. Concordances 48 Through the form classes, the user has an index to various class correlations—agreement, concord, [etc.]. form-class C2. Librarianship. Used attributively in form-catalogue, form-class, etc., to denote a catalogue or catalogue entry in which books of a certain kind (poetry, almanacs, fiction, etc.) are listed together. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > book list > [noun] > list of books in library or libraries > types of library list or catalogue curating book1697 card catalogue1853 title catalogue1875 form-catalogue1876 shelf-catalogue1882 sheaf catalogue1902 shelf-list1910 society > communication > book > book list > [noun] > list of books in library or libraries > types of library list or catalogue > division of facet1944 form-class1966 1876 C. A. Cutter Rules Dict. Catal. in Public Libraries U.S.A.: Special Rep.: Pt. II (Dept. Interior, Bureau Educ.) Contents Form-catalogue. 1876 C. A. Cutter Rules Dict. Catal. in Public Libraries U.S.A.: Special Rep.: Pt. II (Dept. Interior, Bureau Educ.) 14 Form-entry, registry under the name of the kind of literature to which the book belongs. 1876 C. A. Cutter Rules Dict. Catal. in Public Libraries U.S.A.: Special Rep.: Pt. II (Dept. Interior, Bureau Educ.) 49 In the catalogues of libraries consisting chiefly of English books, if it is thought most convenient to make form-entries under the headings Poetry, Drama, Fiction, it may be done. 1876 C. A. Cutter Rules Dict. Catal. in Public Libraries U.S.A.: Special Rep.: Pt. II (Dept. Interior, Bureau Educ.) 49 There is no reason but want of room why only collections should be entered under form-headings. 1876 C. A. Cutter Rules Dict. Catal. in Public Libraries U.S.A.: Special Rep.: Pt. II (Dept. Interior, Bureau Educ.) 49 In the case of English fiction a form-list is of such constant use that nearly all libraries have separate fiction catalogues. 1913 J. H. Quinn Library Cataloguing 30 Form-Catalogue is one in which the entries are arranged according to the forms of literature and the languages in which the books are written, either alphabetically or according to the relations of the forms to one another. 1966 T. Landau Encycl. Librarianship (ed. 3) 105/2 Form Classes or divisions are used to contain those works which are required more for the way in which they are written or presented than their subject content. < as lemmas |
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