Open Class
发布时间:2018年06月25日
发布人:nanyuzi  

Open Class

开放类

 

A term sometimes used in the grammatical classification of words to refer to one of two postulated major word-classes in language, the other being closed. An open class is one whose membership is in principle indefinite or unlimited. New items are continually being added, as new ideas, inventions, etc., emerge. nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are open-class items, whereas conjunctions, pronouns, etc., are closed.

 

对词作语法分类的术语,指假设的两大词类之一,另一类是封闭类。开放类的成员原则上是不确定或无限多的,随着新思想、新发明的出现新的词项会不断加入。名词、动词、形容词和副词属于开放类,而连词、代名词等属于封闭类。