contentive
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contentive — ● contentif, contentive adjectif Qui exerce une contention sur un membre, une personne, un animal … Encyclopédie Universelle
contentive — /keuhn ten tiv/, n. Ling. a content word or a morpheme that is the root of a content word. Cf. functor (def. 2). [CONTENT1 + IVE] … Useful english dictionary
contentif — contentif, ive [ kɔ̃tɑ̃tif, iv ] adj. • 1752; « qui contient » fin XIVe; du lat. contentus ♦ Méd. Qui maintient en place. Appareil, bandage contentif. ● contentif, contentive adjectif Qui exerce une contention sur un membre, une personne, un… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Active-stative language — An active stative language, or active language for short, is one in which the sole argument of an intransitive verb is sometimes marked in the same way as the agent of a transitive verb (that is, like a subject in English), and sometimes in the… … Wikipedia
empty word — (esp. in Chinese grammar) a word or morpheme that has no lexical meaning and that functions as a grammatical link or marker, rather than as a contentive. Cf. full word, function word. [1890 95] * * * … Universalium
full word — (esp. in Chinese grammar) a word that has lexical meaning rather than grammatical meaning; a word or morpheme that functions grammatically as a contentive. Cf. empty word. [1890 95] * * * … Universalium
functor — /fungk teuhr/, n. 1. that which functions. 2. Ling. a function word or affix. Cf. contentive. [1935 40; FUNCT(ION) + OR2] * * * … Universalium
Cognitive flexibility — Screenshot of computer based Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, a test used as a measure of cognitive flexibility. Cognitive flexibility is the term used to describe one of the executive functions; a function which is an important component of human… … Wikipedia
ive — abortive abrasive abrogative abréviative abusive accréditive acquisitive active adaptative additive adhésive adjective adjudicative administrative admirative adoptive adventive adversative affective affirmative afflictive agressive agrégative… … Dictionnaire des rimes
ntive — adventive attentive contentive craintive inventive jointive plaintive préventive … Dictionnaire des rimes
