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- 16:48, 30 August 2007 diff hist +1,058 N Prime object New page: The term '''prime object''' has occasionally been used for primary object. ===Comments=== Comrie (1982), which used "prime object", was written before Dryer (1986), which made the alt...
- 16:47, 30 August 2007 diff hist +263 N Primary stress New page: {{stub}} '''Primary stress''' refers to the one stress within a word that stands out among all others (the secondary stresses). ===Synonyms=== *main stress ===other language...
- 16:46, 30 August 2007 diff hist +624 N Primary object New page: {{stub}} The '''primary object''' is the the monotransitive P (patient) and the ditransitive R (recipient) argument when the latter is expressed in the same way as the... current
- 16:45, 30 August 2007 diff hist +194 N Prepositional phrase New page: {{stub}} A '''prepositional phrase''' is an adpositional phrase whose head is a postposition. ===Other languages=== German Postpositionalphrase {{dc}} [[Category:Phrase ...
- 16:45, 30 August 2007 diff hist +329 N Preposition New page: {{stub}} A '''preposition''' is an adposition that precedes its complement. ===Origin=== The term goes back to antiquity: Latin ''prae-positio'', which literally means 'pre-posi...
- 16:44, 30 August 2007 diff hist +1,379 N Preferred Argument Structure New page: '''Preferred Argument Structure''' is a term introduced by Du Bois (1987) for a set of universal statistical tendencies of (or "constraints on") argument distribution in discourse (see... current
- 16:42, 30 August 2007 diff hist +581 N Predicative attribute New page: '''Predicative attribute''' is a synonym for depictive construction. ===Comments=== This term has long been the primary term in grammatical descriptions, before terms such as [[secon...
- 16:41, 30 August 2007 diff hist +310 N Predicative adjunct New page: In Functional Grammar, a '''predicative adjunct''' is a secondary predicate (e.g. Hengeveld 1992:40f.). ===Reference=== Hengeveld, Kees. 1992. ''Non-verbal predication : theory, t...
- 16:40, 30 August 2007 diff hist +329 N Predicate (i.e. secondary predicate) New page: In Generative syntax, the term '''predicate''' is sometimes used in the sense of secondary predicate, following Williams (1980). ===References=== *Will...
- 16:40, 30 August 2007 diff hist +511 N Praedicativum New page: {{Stub}} '''Praedicativum''' is a synonym for depictive construction. ===Comments=== The term is still used in Latin linguistics (e.g. Pinkster 1983), and it was the dominant term un... current
- 16:39, 30 August 2007 diff hist +514 N Postpositional phrase New page: A '''postpositional phrase''' is an adpositional phrase whose head is a postposition. :::*''"A '''postpositional phrase''' consists of a noun phrased followed by a postpositio... current
- 16:39, 30 August 2007 diff hist +344 N Postposition New page: {{stub}} A '''postposition''' is an adposition that follows its complement. ===Origin=== The term was formed (by single-word analogy) on the basis of ''preposition'' and the...
- 16:38, 30 August 2007 diff hist +344 N Postalveolar New page: In phonetics, '''postalveolar''' is a place of articulation that is characterized by the active articulator tip of the tongue and the passive articulator [[hard palate...
- 16:36, 30 August 2007 diff hist +618 N Plurale tantum New page: A '''plurale tantum''' is a noun that only occurs in the plural. ===Term properties=== The plural of ''plurale tantum'' is ''pluralia tantum'' (see section "Origin"). ===Exam...
- 16:27, 30 August 2007 diff hist -27 Polysemy in quantitative linguistics
- 16:26, 30 August 2007 diff hist +536 N Plural New page: '''Plural''' is a category of the inflectional dimension number: plural nouns (or NPs) are defined as normally denoting more than one thing (or more than one entity). If the langua...
- 16:25, 30 August 2007 diff hist +496 N Place of articulation New page: In phonetics, the '''place of articulation''' refers to the part of the mouth where the tongue is placed to produce a particular sound. There are about ten commonly used places of arti...
- 16:24, 30 August 2007 diff hist +1,174 N Pitch accent (lexical) New page: '''Pitch accent''' refers to a kind of word-prosodic prominence of syllables in some languages (such as Japanese) where pitch change is the only cue to accent (in contrast ...
- 16:24, 30 August 2007 diff hist +145 N Pieter Muysken New page: ===Link=== [http://www.ru.nl/onderzoek/onderzoekers/kennisbank/persoonpagina/letteren/muysken_p/ Homepage] Muysken, Pieter
- 16:22, 30 August 2007 diff hist +2,037 N Phrasenstrukturgrammatik New page: == Ursprung == *''griech. phrasis'' - Ausdruck, Wendung *''griech. grammatike (techne) zu grammtikos'' - die Buchstaben betreffend == Definition == Die Phrasenstrukturgrammatik wird a...
- 16:21, 30 August 2007 diff hist +233 N Phonotaktik New page: {{stub}} '''Phonotaktik''' ist der Teil der Phonologie, der sich mit den Regularitäten der sequenziellen Kombination von Segmenten befasst. ===Andere Sprachen=== englisch [[phono...
- 16:21, 30 August 2007 diff hist +420 N Phonology New page: {{stub}} '''Phonology''' is the subfield of linguistics that studies the sound patterns of languages. ===Term properties=== The corresponding relational adjective is ''phonological''. =...
- 16:06, 30 August 2007 diff hist +420 N Phonological New page: {{stub}} '''Phonology''' is the subfield of linguistics that studies the sound patterns of languages. ===Term properties=== The corresponding relational adjective is ''phonological''. =...
- 16:05, 30 August 2007 diff hist +105 N Peter Schmidt New page: ===Link=== [http://www.ldv.uni-trier.de/index.php?schmidt Homepage] Schmidt, Peter current
- 16:04, 30 August 2007 diff hist +2,639 N Peter Ladefoged New page: {{stub}} '''Peter Ladefoged''' (September 17, 1925 – January 24, 2006) was the foremost phonetician of his generation, who studied the sounds of languages from around the world. ===Lif... current
- 16:01, 30 August 2007 diff hist +401 N Perlative case New page: '''Perlative case''' is a common term for a case that denotes a path ('through, along'). ===Synonyms=== *prolative case *prosecutive case *translative (path case) *[[media...
- 16:00, 30 August 2007 diff hist +366 N Periphery New page: {{stub}} In Role and Reference Grammar's clause structure representation (the layered structure of the clause), the '''periphery''' is the part that does not belong to the core, i...
- 15:59, 30 August 2007 diff hist +119 N Paul M. Postal New page: ===Links=== [http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/lingu/people/faculty/postal/ Homepage] Postal, Paul M. current
- 15:59, 30 August 2007 diff hist +292 N Passive articulator New page: In phonetics, the '''passive articulator''' is the part of the mouth where the moving part of the mouth is placed to produce a particular sound, contributing to defining a [[place ...
- 15:57, 30 August 2007 diff hist +945 N Particle New page: '''Particle''' is a general term for a type words that are not major parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives) and are not inflected. ===Comments=== *"In nearly all gr...
- 15:55, 30 August 2007 diff hist +505 N Palatal New page: A '''palatal''' segment is a segment that is articulated with the front part of the tongue against the hard palate. ===Examples=== Examples of palatals are the sound [ɳ] (written ''...
- 15:54, 30 August 2007 diff hist +471 N Palaeography New page: '''Palaeography''' (or '''paleography''') is the study of ancient written documents and inscriptions. Sometimes the term is also used for ancient writing itself. ===Origin=== From Greek '... current
- 15:53, 30 August 2007 diff hist +364 N PP New page: In syntax, '''PP''' is a common abbreviation for prepositional phrase, postpositional phrase, or adpositional phrase. ===Comments=== Since these three types of phrases differ ...
- 15:52, 30 August 2007 diff hist +10 Otsuki Fumihiko cate
- 15:52, 30 August 2007 diff hist +2,187 N Otsuki Fumihiko New page: '''Ōtsuki Fumihiko''' (大槻文彦, October 15, 1847; –February 17, 1928) was a Japanese lexicographer, linguist, and historian. He is best known for two [[Japanese languag...
- 15:50, 30 August 2007 diff hist +385 N Orthografisches Wort New page: {{Stub}} Ein '''orthografisches Wort''' ist ein Wort, das nach orthographischen Kriterien (z.B. Wortzwischenraum, Verwendung von Schlussbuchstaben, Verwendung von...
- 15:49, 30 August 2007 diff hist +269 N Oblique core argument New page: {{stub}} In Role and Reference Grammar, an '''oblique core argument''' is a core argument which is marked by anm adposition. Oblique core arguments are oppo...
- 15:48, 30 August 2007 diff hist +1,350 N Oblique (a grammatical relation) New page: The term '''oblique''' is often used to refer to the grammatical relation of arguments or adjuncts that are coded in some special way (by means of an adposition or a [[sema... current
- 15:47, 30 August 2007 diff hist +674 N Oblique New page: The term '''oblique''' is used in two subtly but crucially different senses: * a clausal argument or adjunct that is coded in some special way (by means of an adposition or a [... current
- 15:47, 30 August 2007 diff hist +405 N Objective case New page: {{stub}} The term '''objective case''' is sometimes used for a case that marks an object (mostly a direct object). ===Comments=== Especially in English this term is often use... current
- 15:46, 30 August 2007 diff hist +464 N Object plus infinitive New page: The term '''object plus infinitive''' (abbreviated ''OPI'') is used in Kemmer (1993:85) as a more general term referring not only to accusative and infinitive constructions but also da... current
- 15:45, 30 August 2007 diff hist +448 N Object New page: {{stub}} The term '''object''' is sometimes used as a general term for a non-subject argument. ===Comments=== Using the terms direct object and indirect object as indepe...
- 15:12, 29 August 2007 diff hist +920 N Numeral New page: A '''numeral''' is a member of a word class whose members are used to express numbers in one way or another (for counting objects, counting events, or expressing the position in a sequ...
- 15:12, 29 August 2007 diff hist +971 N Number New page: {{Stub}} '''Number''' is an inflectional dimension used on countable referring expressions to designate the number of referents concerned. Languages differ...
- 15:11, 29 August 2007 diff hist +273 N Nucleus vs. satellite New page: The term pair '''nucleus vs. satellite''' was introduced by Seiler (1960:9) for what is now commonly known as head vs. dependent. === Reference === *Seiler, Hansjakob. 1960. ''Relativ...
- 15:07, 29 August 2007 diff hist +805 N Noun clause New page: A '''noun clause''' is a clause that functions in the same way as a noun phrase, i.e. generally as an argument, so that ''noun clause'' is basically a synonym of [[complement claus... current
- 15:05, 29 August 2007 diff hist +1,050 N Northern Turkic New page: [this article is preliminary and needs to be corrected; it serves primarily illustrative purposes] {{InfoboxFamily| |Family=Northern Turkic |Highest=Altaic |Genus=Turkic |MPIExt1=... current
- 15:02, 29 August 2007 diff hist +9 Nordsaamisch +cate
- 15:01, 29 August 2007 diff hist +16,205 N Nordsaamisch New page: {{Infobox_Sprache| Sprache=Nord-Saami |Länder=Finnland, Schweden, Norwegen |Sprecher= 15.000(Norwegen); 30.000(insgesamt) |Klassifikation= *Uralisch **Saamisch ***Zentralsa...
- 14:59, 29 August 2007 diff hist +200 N Nonfinite New page: See finite vs. nonfinite. ===Synonym=== *infinite (this is an older term that is now obsolete) ===Other languages=== German infinit, nichtfinit {{dc}} [[Category:Verbal ...