似是而非和习非成是——谈指类句及其反例

True or not:About Generic Sentence and Its Counterexample

指类句是指称一类事物的特征的句子。指类句可能存在反例,指类句的重要特点是容忍反例。语言学研究指类句,就是要分析它的似是而非和习非成是,以便能更好地运用。

Generic sentence （GS） is the kind of statement which describes a general generic feature of a thing. However, GS may meet with its counter - example, and a noted feature of GS is the tolerance of its own counterexample. The study of GS in linguistics is to analyse its being true or not, so as to make a better use of it.