| 单词 | minimal terminable unit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasminimal (also minimum) terminable unit b. Grammar. minimal (also minimum) terminable unit: the main clause of a sentence together with any subordinate clause attached to it, constituting the shortest unit into which a piece of discourse may be divided without leaving any sentence fragments; abbreviated T-unit. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > minimal sequence nucleus1932 minimal (also minimum) terminable unit1965 T-unit1965 1965 K. W. Hunt Gram. Structure written at Three Grade Levels iii. 21 These units might be christened ‘minimal terminable units’, since they would be minimal as to length, and each would be grammatically capable of being terminated with a capital letter and a period. 1967 J. G. Beard in Jrnl. Reading 11 229 Hunt defines the T-unit, or minimum terminable unit, as being the shortest unit in the sentence which can be terminated with a capital letter and a period. 1999 TESOL Q. 33 242 The unit of analysis was the minimal terminable unit (T-unit). < as lemmas |
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