| Lemma | structure of term |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Dik (1989) |
| Titolo | The theory of functional grammar. Part I: the structure of the clause |
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| Citazioni | The structure of terms may be described by means of the following schema:
(10) (Ωxi: Φ1 (xi): Φ2 (xi): … : Φn (xi)) [n≥ 1]
in which xi is the “term variable”, ranging over the set of potential referents of the term, Ω stands for one or more “term operators”, and each Φ (xi) is an “open predication in xi”, i.e. a one-open predication of which the open term position is occupied by xi. The colon “:” indicates that the information to the right gives a specification of, a restriction on, the possible values of xi, as it has been specified to the left. It can be read as “such that”. |