type-token distinction

短语

词形变化

type-token distinctions 复数 type-token distinctions

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The distinction between a type of something and an instance of it, such as city and capital city (type of city) versus city and Paris (instance of a city). (It is the difference between (1) hypernym and hyponym and (2) class and instance.)

    Without the type-token distinction being made, some silly thinking can slip through.

  2. 2.

    An instance of this distinction being made.

    They're making several type-token distinctions in this paragraph.