| Lemma | term |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Dik (1989) |
| Titolo | The theory of functional grammar. Part I: the structure of the clause |
| Sinonimi | T (inglese) |
| Rinvii | entity (inglese) term structure (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | • All linguistic expressions which can be used to refer to entities in some world are analysed as terms.
•Terms range from very simple items such as pronouns (“he”, “she”, “they”) and proper names (“John”, ”Mary”) to extremely complex noun phrases such as:
(16) a book that Jim told me nobody reads in
Western world, although it is rightly
considered as a masterpiece of Chinese
literature
• […] we distinguish between basic and derived
term structure. By a term we understand any expression which can be used to refer to an entity or entities in some world. We have defined terms as instruments for referring to entities in some world. |