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单词 semi-sentence
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semi-sentence
semi-sentence n.
Brit. /ˈsɛmɪˌsɛnt(ə)ns/
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U.S. /ˈsɛˌmaɪˌsɛntns/
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/ˈsɛˌmaɪˌsɛn(t)əns/
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/ˈsɛmiˌsɛntns/
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/ˈsɛmiˌsɛn(t)əns/
a statement or utterance which possesses some of the features of a sentence.
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1954 Acta Universitatis Carolinae VII. 35 In the present article, the term ‘semi-sentence’ constructions covers both participial and infinitive phrases as well as those having neither of these, but which, owing to their binary character, have a distinct predicational form (e.g. If lawful.).
1969 Word 25 195 A sentence which contains no predicate is a semi-sentence.
1975 N. Chomsky Logical Struct. Ling. Theory viii. 244 We are building a system of phrase structure only for first-order grammatical sentences, a category that presumably excludes such semisentences as ‘sincerity appointed the table’.
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