| 单词 | function word |
| 释义 | function word (once / 1688473 pages) n WORD FAMILY function word: function words USAGE EXAMPLES“Propositions and articles and similar little function words are actually very individual,” Juola says. Time(Jul 15, 2013) Concluding lines with weak little function words is not, typically, a mark of sophistication in poetry. Salon(Jul 17, 2012) These commonly used so-called function words, about 180 in all, Pennebaker says, are processed rapidly and subconsciously. New York Times(Oct 27, 2011) n a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning Syn|Hypo|Hyper closed-class word determinative, determiner one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases prepositiona function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word pronouna function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuativean uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences particlea function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs article(grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase anaphoric pronouna pronoun that refers to an antecedent demonstrative, demonstrative pronouna pronoun that points out an intended referent coordinating conjunctiona conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents subordinate conjunction, subordinating conjunctiona conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause personal pronouna pronoun expressing a distinction of person reciprocal pronouna pronoun or pronominal phrase (as `each other') that expresses a mutual action or relationship between the individuals indicated in the plural subject relative pronouna pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent word a unit of language that native speakers can identify |
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