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  • ...we know something is true. Some languages grammaticise evidentiality (mark it in their verb system). ''al-ypdyr'' 's/he took (but I didn't see it)';
    684 bytes (102 words) - 18:17, 20 September 2014
  • '''Referential opacity''' is a property of [[word]]s which entails that it is impossible to 'see inside' them, and refer to their parts by using an [[ ...gh the anaphoric relation that is possible in ''he took the tea and poured it into the cup''. Referential opacity is closely related to the property of [
    842 bytes (134 words) - 09:14, 28 September 2014
  • ...indicates the voiceless, unaspirated series of Greek plosives, ''π τ κ''. It may be useful as a more precise alternative when terms such as 'voiceless',
    677 bytes (101 words) - 05:15, 6 March 2019
  • ...ntity and its parts. The whole is also called [[holonym]] and each part of it a [[meronym]].
    271 bytes (42 words) - 14:09, 14 June 2009
  • ...ities in the [[universe of discourse]] have a particular property. In (i), it is used to express that every entity has property P. It is a standard assumption that natural language expressions such as ''each g
    740 bytes (106 words) - 16:46, 24 August 2014
  • * in [[:category:generative syntax|generative syntax]], it refers to the entire sequence of rule applications in the process of genera * in [[:category:morphology|morphology]], it refers to word formation through the association of dependent and independe
    954 bytes (131 words) - 18:03, 28 June 2014
  • ...f [[language planning]], in the well-known classification of Kloss (1969): It refers to modifications in the social role of a language, in particular the ...the status of the language, whether it is satisfactory as it is or whether it should be lowered or raised." (Kloss 1969)
    896 bytes (125 words) - 17:05, 30 January 2013
  • ...in ''it rains'' is quasi-referential) and expletives such as ''it'' (cf. ''it seems that he has gone'') and ''there'' (''there is a man in the garden'').
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  • Siraiki is an old language. It is spoken in centeral Pakistan. It is an Indo-Aryan language with deep influence of Munda and Dravidian langua
    656 bytes (59 words) - 08:40, 10 August 2014
  • ...f a yes-no question, but uttering it is an illocutionary act of a request: it would be improper to answer with a simple 'yes'.
    750 bytes (112 words) - 03:27, 18 May 2009
  • ...''intransitive verb''' is a verb that does not require an [[object]], i.e. it requires only a [[subject]]. The term 'intransitive' subsumes [[monovalent] * avalent (intransitive) predicate: ''rains'' in ''It rains'
    396 bytes (49 words) - 20:23, 4 July 2014
  • ...dicate]] (or [[predicate term]]) and its argument(s) ([[argument term]]s). It concerns inherent properties of the relevant referents. ...cate ''assassinate'' requires an object that denotes a famous person, i.e. it imposes a selectional restriction to this effect.
    498 bytes (64 words) - 12:38, 26 July 2014
  • ...ve special properties not predictable from its parts and the rule by which it was created. :::''"It might in addition be useful to have a label for those established words whi
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  • ...constitutes the northern branch of [[Western Saamic|Western]] [[Saamic]]. It is further divided into the western group ([[Pite Saami]] and [[Lule Saami] It agrees with [[Southern Saamic]] in the following (western) features:
    859 bytes (124 words) - 14:25, 30 January 2013
  • ...only if it is fully determined by a structurally related [[phrase]], or if it is a 'designated element'. Part of the recoverability condition is subsumed
    568 bytes (78 words) - 08:33, 28 September 2014
  • ...ecause the fact that it is a [[clause]] is more salient than the fact that it is a [[complement]].
    344 bytes (49 words) - 17:12, 20 September 2014
  • (i) Tell me about it. 'Tell (you) me now how it is'
    563 bytes (80 words) - 03:38, 18 May 2009
  • ...help to define a vocabulary, a grammar and a dialogue model. Furthermore, it can point out possible problems at an early stage. The WOZ technique can he # It must be possible to simulate the future system, given human limitations.
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  • ...ting quantifier''' is a [[quantifier]] that is not immediately near the NP it quantifies. French ''tous'' (all) is the exemplary case: ...'les étudiants'' it quantifies, but in (i)b ''tous'' has 'floated' off, as it were, into the sentence. Sportiche (1988) has claimed that ''tous'' in exam
    894 bytes (131 words) - 08:26, 20 August 2019
  • ...oes not imply that people have a special [[module]] for processing speech. It claims that categorical perception can be understood as a problem of classi
    651 bytes (98 words) - 17:05, 29 June 2014

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