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- 14:36, 2 July 2007 diff hist +556 N Core borrowing New page: In Carol Myers-Scotton's work, a '''core borrowing''' is a loanword that was adopted despite the fact that a word for the concept already exists in the recipient language. *"... current
- 14:36, 2 July 2007 diff hist +1,002 N Core argument (in RRG) New page: In more recent versions of Role and Reference Grammar, a '''core argument''' is simply an argument of the clause, i.e. an element that is required by the verb's valency. *"Co...
- 14:35, 2 July 2007 diff hist +1,447 N Core argument New page: The term '''core argument''' is often used loosely to refer to an argument of the verb that is not expressed by adpositions or less common cases. In practice, it generally ref...
- 14:34, 2 July 2007 diff hist +323 N Core New page: {{stub}} In Role and Reference Grammar's clause structure representation (the layered structure of the clause), the '''core''' is the part that consists of the predicate and i...
- 14:34, 2 July 2007 diff hist +510 N Copy raising New page: In syntax, '''copy raising''' is a kind of raising construction in which the raised element leaves a coreferential "copy" pronoun in the [[subordinate clause...
- 14:33, 2 July 2007 diff hist +259 N Copulative compound New page: {{Stub}} A '''copulative compound''' is another term for dvandva. === Synonyms === * Dvandva === References === * Trask, Robert Lawrence. 1992. ''A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms i...
- 14:33, 2 July 2007 diff hist +117 N Copredicative New page: {{Stub}} '''Copredicative''' is a synonym for depictive construction. {{dc}} Category:Secondary predication
- 14:32, 2 July 2007 diff hist +918 N Copredicate New page: '''Copredicate''' is an older term that was sometimes used for secondary predicate (an example is ''black/green'' in ''She drinks her coffee '''black''''' (depictive copredicate),... current
- 14:31, 2 July 2007 diff hist +2,681 N Converb New page: A '''converb''' is a non-finite verb form that serves to express adverbial subordination, i.e. notions like 'when', 'because', 'after', 'while'. === Examples === (1) Russian (We...
- 14:30, 2 July 2007 diff hist +296 N Content clause New page: The term '''content clause''' is a rare synonym of complement clause. ===Comments=== The German equivalent ''Inhaltssatz'' was the standard term for 'complement clause' in the earlier...
- 14:30, 2 July 2007 diff hist +645 N Consonant New page: A '''consonant''' is a speech sound that is produced by obstructing the flow of air through the oral cavity in some way. Segmental speech sounds that are not consonants are [[...
- 14:29, 2 July 2007 diff hist -9 Complement (predicative)
- 14:28, 2 July 2007 diff hist -10 Complementizer (in X-bar theory)
- 14:28, 2 July 2007 diff hist +403 N Concord New page: {{stub}} The term '''concord''' refers to basically the same phenomena as the term agreement, though some linguists have tried to differentiated the two terms. However, none of these a...
- 14:27, 2 July 2007 diff hist +338 N Completive clause New page: The term '''completive clause''' is occasionally used for complement clause. ===Comments=== In English, this usage occurs primarily under the influence of standard terminology in Fre...
- 14:26, 2 July 2007 diff hist +9 Complement (predicative)
- 14:25, 2 July 2007 diff hist +392 N Complementizer (in X-bar theory) New page: {{stub}} In the X-bar theory of Chomskyan syntax, the term '''complementizer''' (often abbreviated as COMP or C) is used to denote a functional category that can be lex...
- 14:24, 2 July 2007 diff hist 0 Complement (predicative)
- 14:23, 2 July 2007 diff hist +648 N Complement (predicative) New page: The term '''complement''' is sometimes used to denote the grammatical funtion of predicative phrases, in the same sense as predicate nominal. This terminology is widely known especiall...
- 14:22, 2 July 2007 diff hist +765 N Collective noun (in English) New page: In English linguistics, the term '''collective noun''' is used for nouns referring to a group of people that show variable agreement (singular or plural). ===Examples=== Nouns suc... current