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Record 1 1992-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diachronic Linguistics and Etymology
DEF

A morpheme which can be used on its own as a word with a distinct meaning... (Hartmann and Stork, Dictionary on Language and Linguistics. New-York; John Wiley and sons, 1972, p. 88)

CONT

A free morpheme is one that may constitute a word by itself... (Robins, R. H., General Linguistics: An Introductory survey. London; Longmans, Grem and company ltd., 1966, p. 206)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique diachronique et étymologie
DEF

Un morphème (...) qui peut apparaître seul comme mot indépendant (...)

CONT

Bloomfield distingue entre morphèmes libres et morphèmes liés (free and bound morphemes). (German, Cl. et R. LeBlanc, Introduction à la linguistique générale. Montréal; Presses universitaires de Montréal, p. 26)

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Media
DEF

Any advertising shape that does not conform to the normal rectangular format of print media.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports publicitaires

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
DEF

A form on which data appears in variable length fields. Preprinted symbols and guides are minimal or entirely lacking. Field delimiters are entered with the data.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
DEF

Formulaire sur lequel les données apparaissent dans des zones de longueur variable; les symboles et repères préimprimés sont réduits au minimum, sinon complètement absents, et les séparateurs de zones sont introduits avec les données elles-mêmes. On dira plus judicieusement: formule à structure non imposée.

Spanish

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