type-token distinctionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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type-token distinction (plural type-token distinctions)

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. An instance of this distinction being made.

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

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参考

• Wiktionary:Thesaurus § Classes and instances