What are words? What makes two token words tokens of the same word‐type? Are words abstract entities, or are they (merely) collections of tokens? The ontology of words tries to provide answers to these, and related questions. This article provides an overview of some of the most prominent views proposed in the literature, with a particular focus on the debate between type‐realist, nominalist, and eliminativist ontologies of words.

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词语的本体论：现实主义，唯名主义和消极主义

字是什么？是什么使两个令牌词具有相同单词类型的令牌？单词是抽象实体，还是它们（仅仅是）令牌的集合？词的本体论试图为这些以及相关问题提供答案。本文概述了文献中提出的一些最突出的观点，特别着重于类型实在论，名词主义和道德主义本体论之间的辩论。