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• Theme (vs. rheme)
  The term '''theme''' is an older term for [[topic]]. It is often used in contrast with [[rheme]] (see [[theme and rheme]]).
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• Endangered Languages Academic Programme
  ...emic programme at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] (London). It is a part of the [[HRELP]].
  371 bytes (48 words) - 18:20, 20 September 2014
• Homography
  ...when a set of words are spelled identically, but have different meanings. It is not necessary for homographic words to be pronounced the same way, which
  431 bytes (55 words) - 22:25, 27 July 2010
• Homophony
  ...en a set of words are pronounced identically, but have different meanings. It is not necessary for homophonic words to be spelled the same way, which is
  459 bytes (52 words) - 22:29, 27 July 2010
• VP raising
  ...e it is triggered by verbs that also trigger [[Verb raising]], and because it induces [[IPP]].
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• Dative alternation
  The indirect object structure is also referred to as NP PP structure as it consists of a nounphrase (NP) and a prepositional phrase (PP). The double-object structure is referred to as NP NP structure as it consists of two nounphrases.
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• Steady state
  ...h [[formant]]s are "steady", i.e. they do not move. In a CVC [[syllable]], it is that part of the vowel after the formant [[transition]] from the first C
  405 bytes (66 words) - 11:18, 9 November 2014
• C-command
  ...B (cf. (i)c). X1 in (ii) is not relevant to (i)c: although it dominates B, it does not dominate A. ...'. By the same token the [[P]] ''in'' c-commands the [[NP]] ''the store''; it does not c-command the V'₁ ''buy the book'', nor the V and the N
  4 KB (577 words) - 17:28, 21 June 2014
• Suspended affixation
  this particular case. In contrast, in English it does make a difference whether you suspend or don't in cases like Nikolaus Finck in his ''Die Haupttypen des Sprachbaus'' (1910), where it is
  1 KB (185 words) - 12:09, 19 November 2009
• Dominance
  Also, node C in (ii) does not dominate the nodes B, D, or E, nor is it dominated by either of these nodes. Furthermore, node A ''immediately'' dom ...ximal projection of X, being dominated by the topmost node XP². It is said then, that ZP is not ''excluded'' from XP. Exclusion is defined in
  4 KB (660 words) - 16:20, 3 August 2014
• Trace theory
  ...assumes that if an element X has been moved in the course of a derivation, it has left a [[trace]] in its original position. Since [[theta-marking]] occurs at d-structure, it is possible to determine the thematic role of the moved NP via its trace. T
  1 KB (205 words) - 19:46, 29 August 2014
• Relational network
  ...ther. If we draw a diagram of a particular linguistic structure, parts of it look something like a net which would be used for fishing, although a good ...mbination of symbols, we analyze its relationships to other units to which it is related. For example, morphemes are somehow related to elements of phono
  5 KB (717 words) - 06:14, 8 October 2017
• Substitution
  ...egory alpha to an empty position beta such that beta is replaced by alpha. It is one of two possible formats of movement rules, the other being [[adjunct
  475 bytes (67 words) - 08:09, 16 August 2014
• Table of coreference
  ...Jackendoff (1972) uses to indicate the anaphoric relations in a sentence. It states for each pair of referring phrases in the sentence whether they are
  545 bytes (72 words) - 07:10, 17 August 2014
• Blend
  It can therefore be descroibed as an improductive type of word formation by wh ...may be defined as two or more words, often of cognate sense, telescoped as it were into one."'' (Pound 1914:1)
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• Restructuring
  In (i) it would be impossible to move the object ''queste case'' from the embedded cl (I) it-will come at-once to see
  2 KB (335 words) - 17:14, 28 September 2014
• Infix
  ...answer is ‘no.’ True, ''-al'' occurs inside a complex word, but crucially it does not occur inside another morpheme." (Plag 2003:11) ..., the morphemic analysis of past verb forms in Arabic is more complex than it might overtly seem were we to add [[gender]] as yet a third morpheme.
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• Thyroid
  ...lages, which its sides enclose, and superior to the [[cricoid]] cartilage. It forms an angle in the front that is more acute in men (90 degrees) than in
  513 bytes (74 words) - 09:38, 17 August 2014
• Quantity-(in)sensitivity
  ...[[parameter]]s that define [[stress system]]s, introduced by Hayes (1981). It reflects the role of [[syllable weigh]]t in assigning stress [[feet]]. In a ...light: co:nfíci<unt>; the penultimate syllable is stressed only if it is heavy: pepér<ci:> (cf. Hayes (1991:80).
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• Thetic vs. categorical
  *(Why aren't you playing outside?) It's raining. ...made popular in linguistics by Kuroda 1972 and Sasse 1987. Kuroda adopted it from the philosopher Brentano.
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