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• Trace theory
  ...X has been moved in the course of a derivation, it has left a [[trace]] in its original position. In (i) the NP ''John'' is moved while leaving a trace t, indicating its [[d-structure]] position.
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• Narrow relational network notation
  ...al connection then is defined to be part of its source nection, but not of its destination nection. Narrow notation also allows definition of a possible node structure for nodes which in compact notation look but aren't simple.
  1 KB (188 words) - 02:08, 15 October 2017
• Perfective
  ...entirety and as complete, regardless of its internal structure. Huddleston and Pullum (2002), basically adopting the model of Klein (1994), define '''perf ...dicates that within that period of time (TR) the situation is completed in its entirety.
  2 KB (380 words) - 14:34, 10 February 2010
• S-selection
  ...s which a [[head]] imposes on its immediate context through its [[argument structure]], i.e. the [[theta-role]]s it assigns. This is called s(emantic)-selection ...-selection (e.g. by rules of canonical structural realization). Next to s- and c-selection, some assume m(orphological)-selection, which applies word-inte
  2 KB (234 words) - 15:15, 5 October 2014
• X-bar theory
  ...some essential structural properties. Its main tenet is that all [[phrase structure]] (hence the X) can be reduced to [[recursive]] [[specifier]]-[[head]] conf ...ve, or preposition) has an element to its right, which can be construed as its complement.
  5 KB (726 words) - 18:48, 7 September 2014
• T-model
  ...lent in the [[Principles and Parameters framework]], which has the general structure in (i): ...hree syntactic levels of representation (DS, SS, LF) is subject to debate, and may vary across languages.
  2 KB (303 words) - 07:06, 17 August 2014
• Theta Criterion
  ...ned over [[LF]] it says that each theta-position is in a unique [[chain]], and that each chain contains a unique theta-position. The theta-criterion accounts for the contrasts in (i) and (ii).
  2 KB (282 words) - 09:34, 17 August 2014
• Tactic pattern
  ...ratum]] has a syntax or '''tactic pattern''', which is also built of lines and nodes. The ''upward'' direction within the tactic pattern leads to differe (This view is still in use by some neurocognitivists while others adhere to an explanation involving t
  2 KB (395 words) - 06:10, 8 October 2017
• Borrowing (i.e. copying)
  ...(the [[donor language]]) means that it comes to include this element into its own system. ...'''borrowed elements''', which were imported at some time from a different language."'' (Lehmann 1962:212)
  3 KB (454 words) - 17:05, 9 September 2009
• Tensed-S Condition
  ...73). It states that [[extraction]] out of a tensed sentence is impossible, and is formulated as No rule can involve X,Y in the structure ...X...[_a...Y...]...
  2 KB (253 words) - 07:34, 17 August 2014
• Lexeme (in neurocognitive linguistics)
  ...e functional web -- connections to meaning nodes and to phonological nodes and graphic nodes. ...ample, "German Shepherd" connects to the combination of morphemes "German" and "shepherd."
  4 KB (712 words) - 06:35, 8 October 2017
• Aims and methods of quantitative linguistics
  ...ubject to evolutionary processes in analogy to biological organisms, etc.) and, consequently, in the concepts which form the basis of the disciplines. ...with quantitative methods on the basis of quantitative concepts: features and interrelations which can be expressed only by numbers or rankings.
  9 KB (1,442 words) - 10:11, 14 June 2014
• Code-switching
  ...called the [[matrix language]], while the minor language is the [[embedded language]]. ...s when a bilingual introduces a completely unassimilated word from another language into his speech."'' (Haugen 1956:40)
  10 KB (1,391 words) - 15:32, 31 January 2010
• Register (discourse)
  ...one or two social varieties of language (standard and dialect), while they use a “wide range of registers” (Barnickel 1982, 13; Biber 2000, 135; Halli ...n be distinguished. The first approach, as proposed by Halliday (1989, 44) and Hymes (1979, 244), is context-based. The second perspective differentiates
  16 KB (2,262 words) - 16:59, 22 May 2013
• Ambiguity, Polysemy and Vagueness
  ...se two extremes. The borders between the categories of ambiguity, polysemy and vagueness are fuzzy. Thus, there are lexical examples that can be assigned ...multiple interpretations. In natural language many words, strings of words and sentences are ambiguous, simply because of the fact that numerous words cov
  12 KB (1,883 words) - 16:39, 15 June 2014
• Habitual aspect
  ...nto three subtypes across languages: habituals, habitual-generic sentences and the habitual past. (Dahl 1985: 95-102) ==Subtypes and Examples==
  5 KB (728 words) - 21:32, 5 June 2010
• Swedish Phonology
  ...r parts: phonological systems, autosegmental phonology, phonological rules and phonotactics. ...ml IPA]. The IPA is a set of phonetic symbols to which for instance vowels and consonants belong. They form a large phonetic inventory which, on the other
  36 KB (4,969 words) - 13:01, 2 March 2018
• S.-Y. Kuroda/publications
  1960a. Gengo no Kijutsu. [Description of Language.] Tokyo: Kenkyu-sha. 1963a. Type 1 grammars and linear-bounded automata. Quarterly Progress Report, Research Laboratories o
  18 KB (2,647 words) - 12:19, 11 July 2021
• Tenses of English
  ...y be the moment of speech, e. g. the past and future designate time before and after the moment of speech, respectively [...]. Tense is expressed by infle ...both are recognized. In particular, the present perfect, the past perfect and the future perfect defy easy categorization.” Linguists' different views
  26 KB (4,208 words) - 16:34, 27 July 2014
• Hadza
  |Language = Hadza Hadza is a language isolate of Tanzania.
  26 KB (3,968 words) - 08:14, 5 January 2021

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