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1960 book by Willard Van Orman Quine
Word and Object, philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine's most famous work, expands on ideas in From a Logical Point of View (1953) and reformulates earlier
Word_and_Object
Sentence structure; the default word order in English
linguistic typology, subject–verb–object (SVO) is a sentence structure where the subject comes first, the verb second, and the object third. Languages may be classified
Subject–verb–object word order
Subject–verb–object_word_order
Language classification
the object–subject–verb (OSV) or object–agent–verb (OAV) word order is a structure where the object of a sentence precedes both the subject and the verb
Object–subject–verb word order
Object–subject–verb_word_order
System of word ordering
languages, the default word order is VSO, in which verbs and copulas are found at the beginning of a sentence. However, the object of the predicate can
Verb–subject–object word order
Verb–subject–object_word_order
Feature of language
In linguistic typology, a subject–object–verb (SOV) language is one in which the subject, object, and verb of a sentence always or usually appear in that
Subject–object–verb word order
Subject–object–verb_word_order
Basic word order type
nominative case, and the object (the lesson) uses an accusative case. Baure is an Arawakan language that also follows verb-initial word order. One of Baure's
Verb–object–subject word order
Verb–object–subject_word_order
Rare permutation of word order
linguistic typology, object–verb–subject (OVS) or object–verb–agent (OVA) is a rare permutation of word order. OVS denotes the sequence object–verb–subject in
Object–verb–subject word order
Object–verb–subject_word_order
Word order in which the verb comes before the object
Verb–object word order (VO) is a word order where the verb typically comes before the object. About 53% of documented languages have this order. For example
Verb–object_word_order
Type of word order
linguistic typology, object–subject (OS) word order, also called O-before-S or patient–agent word order, is a word order in which the object appears before
Object–subject_word_order
Order of syntactic constituents
the subject (S), and object (O). Subject and object are here understood to be nouns, since pronouns often tend to display different word order properties
Word_order
Languages which place objects before verbs
In linguistics, languages with object–verb word order are those in which the object comes before the verb. Such languages compose approximately forty-seven
Object–verb_word_order
Grammatical concept
ambiguous, and thus the term "agent" is often used instead to contrast with "object", such that basic word order is described as agent–object–verb (AOV)
Object_(grammar)
Lexeme created for a single occasion
"Ontological categories guide young children's inductions of word meaning: Object terms and substance terms". Cognition. 38 (2): 179–211. doi:10.1016/0010-0277(91)90051-5
Nonce_word
Word processor
print envelopes and labels and manage mail merge printing of Word documents. Word for the web is not able to edit certain objects, such as: equations, shapes
Microsoft_Word
Philosophical thesis by Willard Van Orman Quine
20th century analytic philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine in his book Word and Object. The main claim of this theory is that any given sentence can be changed
Inscrutability_of_reference
Inability to recall words when speaking
to use an object and can correctly select the target object from a group of objects, and yet cannot name the object. Some patients with word selection
Anomic_aphasia
Programming paradigm based on objects
Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on objects – software entities that encapsulate data and function(s).[clarification needed]
Object-oriented_programming
Racial slur against Black people
References to nigger have been increasingly replaced by the euphemism "the N-word", notably in cases where nigger is mentioned but not directly used. In an
Nigger
Basic elements of language
A word is a basic element of language that carries meaning, can be used on its own, and is uninterruptible. Despite the fact that language speakers often
Word
Grammar of the Has Hlai language
"hauux", and "max" can be a subject, an attribute, an adverbial, and an object; the word "uughwaix" can be a subject, an attribute, and an object; the compound
Has_Hlai_grammar
Finisterre language spoken in Papua New Guinea
OSV word order is a rare occurrence that can happen when the subject is the focus of the sentence. When this happens, the subject word and object word can
Iyo_language
Process in early language acquisition
through the whole object assumption. When an adult points to an object and says a word, a child assumes this word labels the entire object, not parts or characteristics
Word_learning_biases
Distinguishing objects and classes of objects
types of an object. For example, the sentence "A rose is a rose is a rose" contains three word types: three word tokens of the type a, two word tokens of
Type–token_distinction
Philosophy terms referring to an observer versus the thing observed
the word object is derived from the Latin objectus (p.p. of obicere) with the meaning "to throw, or put before or against", from ob-, "against", and the
Subject and object (philosophy)
Subject_and_object_(philosophy)
An object browser is a tool that allows a user to examine the components involved in a software package, such as Microsoft Word or software development
Object_browser
Whether a program behaves differently if expressions and their values are interchanged
Quine's Word and Object (1960): When a singular term is used in a sentence purely to specify its object, and the sentence is true of the object, then certainly
Referential_transparency
Microsoft Windows programming interface
The Text Object Model (TOM) is a Microsoft Windows API that provides developers with object-based rich text manipulation interfaces. It is implemented
Text_Object_Model
Relationship between objects
pronouns and objects that are named by them. Hence, the word "John" refers to the person John. The word "it" refers to some previously specified object. The
Reference
Linguistic classification
In syntax, verb-initial (V1) word order is a word order in which the verb appears before the subject and the object. In the more narrow sense, this term
Verb-initial_word_order
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) when Word 97 was released. Contrarily to VBA, WordBasic was not object-oriented but consisted of a flat list of approximately
WordBASIC
Philosophical argument posed by W. V. Quine (1960)
his 1960 book Word and Object, which gathered together and refined much of Quine's previous work on subjects other than formal logic and set theory. The
Indeterminacy_of_translation
Term in phenomenology
The word noema (plural: noemata) derives from the Greek word νόημα meaning "mental object". The philosopher Edmund Husserl used noema as a technical term
Noema
20th-century tradition of Western philosophy
a vast network of knowledge and belief, the speaker's conception of the entire world. In his magnum opus Word and Object (1960), Quine introduces the
Analytic_philosophy
Type of language morphology
grammatical property of the word, such as denoting a subject or an object. Combining two or more morphemes into one word is used in agglutinating languages
Synthetic_language
Technology developed by Microsoft
Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) is a proprietary technology developed by Microsoft that allows embedding and linking to documents and other objects
Object_Linking_and_Embedding
Topics referred to by the same term
another Reappropriation, the use with a sense of pride (of a negative word or object) by a member of the offended group Original appropriation, origination
Appropriation
Part of speech that names an object or set of objects
2022-10-09. pages 218 and 225, and elsewhere in Quine, Willard Van Orman (2013) [1960 print]. "7 Ontic Decision". Word and Object. Cambridge, Massachusetts:
Noun
Word used in place of an exact word
word or a placeholder is a word that is used in place of an exact word. In some cases they are used in speech to replace a forgotten word or a word about
Placeholder_word
Phrase expressing affection
A term of endearment is a word or phrase used to address or describe a person, animal or inanimate object for which the speaker feels love or affection
Term_of_endearment
Sentence structure
Latin word order is relatively free. The subject, object, and verb can come in any order, and an adjective can go before or after its noun, as can a genitive
Latin_word_order
File format for conveying binary information
Intel hexadecimal object file format, Intel hex format or Intellec Hex is a file format that conveys binary information in ASCII text form, making it possible
Intel_HEX
American philosopher and logician (1908–2000)
which advocates a kind of coherentism, and Word and Object (1960), which further developed these positions and introduced Quine's famous indeterminacy
Willard_Van_Orman_Quine
Philosophical thought experiment
Radical translation is a thought experiment in Word and Object, a major philosophical work from American philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine. It is used
Radical_translation
Punctuation mark used to join words
The hyphen ‐ is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen
Hyphen
Language whose grammar rarely uses word inflection
prefixes and suffixes attached to the stems of verbs and nouns. It is also an SOV language (its typical word order is subject, followed by object, and then
Analytic_language
Concept of sentence structure in linguistics
intransitive verbs are treated like subjects of transitive verbs, and are distinguished from objects of transitive verbs in basic clause constructions. Nominative–accusative
Nominative–accusative alignment
Nominative–accusative_alignment
Word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase
In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun (glossed pro) is a word or a group of words that one may substitute for a noun or noun phrase. Pronouns have traditionally
Pronoun
Shortening of words or phrases
shortened version of the spoken and written forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters and sounds. In linguistic analysis
Contraction_(grammar)
Part of speech that conveys an action
that does not have a direct object. Intransitive verbs may be followed by an adverb (a word that addresses how, where, when, and how often) or end a sentence
Verb
with their own word orders. The WALS database indicates that languages with the order subject-object-verb (SOV) and subject-verb-object (SVO) are overwhelmingly
Subject_side_parameter
Apparent unusual observation in the sky
An unidentified flying object (UFO) is an object or phenomenon seen in the sky but not yet identified or explained. The term was coined when United States
Unidentified_flying_object
Word modified to convey a slighter degree
diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality
Diminutive
System responsible for combining morphemes into complex structures
Online - Feature 81A: Order of Subject, Object and Verb". wals.info. Retrieved 2026-04-08. Rijkhoff, Jan (2015). "Word Order" (PDF). In Wright, James D. (ed
Syntax
inflection for person (both subject and object), tense, aspect and mood, and generally a subject–verb–object (SVO) word order. Swahili may be described in
Swahili_grammar
Structure of sentences in the German language
European) subject–verb–object word order (SVO). Additionally, German, like all living Germanic standard languages except English, uses V2 word order (verb second)
German_sentence_structure
Oceanic language spoken in Indonesia
Papua province, Indonesia. Notably, Tobati displays a very rare object–subject–verb word order. It is spoken by the Tobati people. Tobati was once thought
Tobati_language
Term with multiple meanings
contemporary English, use of the word pussy to refer to women is considered derogatory and demeaning, treating women as sexual objects. As a reference to genitals
Pussy
Word consisting of two words
known in linguistics and lexicography as a blend word, lexical blend, or simply a blend, is a word formed by combining the meanings and parts of the sounds
Portmanteau
Metaphysical school of thought
the word from computing science, Harman uses "duomining" to refer to philosophical or ontological approaches that both undermine and overmine objects at
Object-oriented_ontology
Pattern relating to the subject and object of verbs
which the subject of an intransitive verb behaves like the object of a transitive verb, and differently from the agent of a transitive verb. In ergative–absolutive
Ergative–absolutive_alignment
School of psychoanalytic thought
Object relations theory is a school of thought in psychoanalytic theory and psychoanalysis centered around theories of stages of ego development. Its
Object_relations_theory
(UDEF) A framework for categorizing, naming, and indexing data, see new framework: ODEF
object “Person” and find the word “Family” under the UDEF property “Name” Patient Person Given Name – find the word “Patient” under the UDEF object “Person”
Universal Data Element Framework
Universal_Data_Element_Framework
Ability to identify objects
Visual object recognition refers to the cognitive ability to identify objects from visual perception. One important signature of visual object recognition
Object recognition (cognitive science)
Object_recognition_(cognitive_science)
American animated children's television series
corresponding object. The animal characters and many objects are made of letters, and are respectively called WordFriends and WordThings. The main setting is a planet
WordWorld
Area of the Solar System beyond the planets, comprising small bodies
primarily of rock and metal, most Kuiper belt objects are composed largely of frozen volatiles (termed "ices"), such as methane, ammonia, and water. The Kuiper
Kuiper_belt
Vessel used to display religious object in the Christian tradition
Old Catholic, High Church Lutheran and Anglican churches for ostension, e.g., the display on an altar of some object of piety, such as the consecrated
Monstrance
Cariban language spoken in Brazil
agglutinative language which uses a rare object–verb–subject word order. Apalaí at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Koehn, Edward and Sally Koehn. 1971. Fonologia da
Apalaí_language
Item used to provide psychological comfort
A comfort object, more formally a transitional object or attachment object, is an item used to provide psychological comfort, especially in unusual or
Comfort_object
Interpreting statements in the most rational way possible
(4): 521–539. JSTOR 20123725. Quine, Willard Van Orman (2013) [1960]. Word and Object. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. p. 54 n. 2. Davidson, Donald
Principle_of_charity
Study of words and their formation
words from one language are taken and used in another, and coinage in which a new word is created to represent a new object or concept. A linguistic paradigm
Morphology_(linguistics)
Document file format developed by Microsoft
OLE embedded objects and Macintosh Edition Manager subscriber objects. RTF is programmed using groups, a backslash, a control word and a delimiter. Groups
Rich_Text_Format
Word processing application
WordPerfect (WP) is a word processing application, now owned by Corel. At the height of its popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s, it was the market
WordPerfect
Carib language spoken in Brazil
the Amazon River in Brazil. It is one of 17 languages that have object–verb–subject word order, initially described by linguist Desmond C. Derbyshire. The
Hixkaryana_language
Word order common in Germanic languages
finite and non-finite forms. The word which participated in inversion was the finite verb; the verb which retained its position relative to the object was
V2_word_order
Language used to describe another language
from those in the object language by the use of italics, quotation marks, or writing on a separate line. For example, to say that the word "noun" can be used
Metalanguage
Type of synthetic language
(prefixes, suffixes, infixes, or circumfixes) are added to a root word in a linear and systematic way, creating complex words that encode detailed grammatical
Agglutinative_language
Data-interchange format
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation, pronounced /ˈdʒeɪsən/ or /ˈdʒeɪˌsɒn/) is an open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable
JSON
is a word learning constraint that involves the tendency to assign one label/name, and in turn avoid assigning a second label, to a single object. Mutual
Mutual exclusivity (psychology)
Mutual_exclusivity_(psychology)
Extension of Rexx programming language with support for object-oriented programming
(short for Open Object Rexx), which is the maintained and direct open-source software successor to Object REXX. It is a follow-on and a significant extension
Object_REXX
Third-person plural or gender-neutral pronoun
they has five distinct word forms: they: the nominative (subjective) form them: the accusative (objective, called the 'oblique'.) and a non-standard determinative
They
Grammar of the Latin language
according to context. Latin word order tends to be subject–object–verb; however, other word orders are common. Different word orders are used to express
Latin_grammar
Polynesian language
nation of Tonga. It has around 187,000 speakers. It uses the word order verb–subject–object and, although primarily spoken, the written form uses Latin script
Tongan_language
Type of thermometer sensing radiation
type of radiometry. The word pyrometer comes from the Greek word for fire, "πῦρ" (pyr), and meter, meaning to measure. The word pyrometer was originally
Pyrometer
Disc vs. disk
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Disc and disk are both variants of the English word for objects of a generally thin and cylindrical geometry. The differences
Spelling_of_disc
Branch of linguistics
Subject–verb–object (SVO) Subject–object–verb (SOV) Verb–subject–object (VSO) Verb–object–subject (VOS) Those labels usually appear abbreviated as "SVO" and so
Linguistic_typology
Gradual impairment of language processing capabilities
single- word and object comprehension is relatively maintained. The second variant, SD, presents with deficits in single-word and object comprehension
Primary_progressive_aphasia
Personal pronoun that is used typically as a grammatical object
an object pronoun is a personal pronoun that is used typically as a grammatical object: the direct or indirect object of a verb, or the object of a
Object_pronoun
Official language of the country of Georgia
immediately before the verb, and the topic before the focus. A subject–object–verb (SOV) word order is common in idiomatic expressions and when the focus of a
Georgian_language
Largest dwarf planet in the Solar System
is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume by a small
Pluto
Method in computer programming of forming higher-level object types
In computer science, object composition and object aggregation are closely related ways to combine objects or data types into more complex ones. In conversation
Object_composition
Grammatical relationship between arguments
between the two arguments (in English, subject and object) of transitive verbs like the dog chased the cat, and the single argument of intransitive verbs like
Morphosyntactic_alignment
Taíno deity or ancestral spirit, and a sculptural object housing the spirit
ancestral spirit, and a sculptural object housing the spirit, among the Taíno people of the Caribbean. Cemi’no or Zemi’no is the plural word for the spirits
Zemi
Object believed to offer protection or grace on the wearer
amulet is a spiritual object believed to confer protection or grace upon its possessor. The word amulet comes from the Latin word amuletum, which Pliny's
Amulet
Word or phrase necessary to complete an expression
subject) and object complement are employed to denote the predicative expressions (predicative complements), such as predicative adjectives and nominals
Complement_(linguistics)
Object or event that exists independently of the senses
from Ancient Greek: νοούμενoν; pl.: noumena) is knowledge posited as an object that exists independently of human sense. The term noumenon is generally
Noumenon
Person or thing after which something is named
is the eponym of the sandwich. Adjectives derived from the word eponym include eponymous and eponymic. Eponyms are commonly used for time periods, places
Eponym
Joyful exclamation at a striking discovery
experience-based techniques for problem-solving, learning, and discovery. The accent of the English word is on the second syllable, following Latin rules of
Eureka_(word)
Sexual arousal a person receives from an object or situation
fixation on anything not considered sexual by its respective nature. The object of interest is called the fetish; the person who has a fetish is a fetishist
Sexual_fetishism
Grammar of the English language
relations only through word order. The subject constituent precedes the verb and the object constituent follows it. The Object–subject–verb (OSV) may
English_grammar
Software component technology from Microsoft
first object-based framework, was built on DDE and designed specifically for compound documents. It was introduced with Word and Excel in 1991, and was
Component_Object_Model
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