paradigm
/ˈpærədaɪm/noun
1
- technical a typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model〈技〉范例; 模式：
there is a new paradigm for public art in this country.
这个国家有一种新的公众艺术模式。
1.1
- a world view underlying the theories and methodology of a particular scientific subject范式。
2
- a set of linguistics items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles纵聚合关系语言项：
English determiners form a paradigm: we can say 'a book' or 'his book' but not 'a his book'.
英语限定词之间是纵聚合关系：我们可以说a book或his book但不能说a his book。常与SYNTAGM相对。
2.1
- (in the traditional grammar of Latin, Greek, and other inflected languages) a table of all the inflected forms of a particular verb, noun, or adjective, serving as a model for other words of the same conjugation or declension（拉丁语、希腊语和其他屈折语言传统语法中的）词形变化表。
词源
late 15th cent.: via late Latin from Greek paradeigma, from paradeiknunai 'show side by side', from para- 'beside' + deiknunai 'to show'.