categorematic
/kat-i-gawr-uh-mat-ik, -gor-/US // ˌkæt ɪˌgɔr əˈmæt ɪk, -ˌgɒr- //
类别,分类法,种类繁多,分类别
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word having independent meaning so that it can be used as a term in a proposition.
- : Contemporary Logic. of or relating to a word or symbol having an independent meaning apart from the context of other words or symbols.
Examples
In common speech an adjective may stand by itself as a predicate, and so might be said to be Categorematic.
In the proposition, 'Of' was used more indefinitely three hundred years ago than it is now, 'of' is categorematic.
Thus words are classified as Categorematic or Syncategorematic.
A nice point is whether the Adjective is categorematic or syncategorematic.
A word that can stand by itself as a term is said to be Categorematic.
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