In linguistics, quirky subjects (also called oblique subjects) are a phenomenon where certain verbs specify that their subjects are to be in a case other...
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Sundance Channel Quirky subject, a linguistic phenomenon Quirky!, an abstract strategy board game; see List of board games Quirky Linux, an experimental...
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up subject in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Complement (linguistics) Copula Grammatical case Object (grammar) Preparatory subject Quirky subject Sentence...
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Nominative case (redirect from Subject case)
grammatical cases of a noun or other part of speech, which generally marks the subject of a verb, or (in Latin and formal variants of English) a predicative nominal...
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to a subject or an object: Ryan is upset. – Predicative adjective as subject complement Rachelle is the boss. – Predicative nominal as subject complement...
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Predicate (grammar) (section Non-subject predicands)
predicate as everything in a standard declarative sentence except the subject, and the other defines it as only the main content verb or associated predicative...
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Thematic relation (redirect from Thematic subject)
the agent is the argument of a transitive verb that corresponds to the subject in English. Experiencer the entity that receives sensory or emotional input...
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Dative construction (redirect from Dative subject)
verb to have which is missing from Hungarian. Quirky subject Bhatt, Rajesh (2003). Experiencer subjects. Handout from MIT course "Structure of the Modern...
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position that is between the subject argument and the head predicate or above and to the left of the subject argument, e.g. The subject is identified as an argument...
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arguments. In subject-prominent, nominative-accusative languages such as English, a transitive verb typically distinguishes between its subject and any of...
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features Related to nouns Animacy Case Dative construction Dative shift Quirky subject Nominative Comitative Instrumental Classifier Measure word Construct...
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modality, but also about other categories such as person and number of the subject. (6) Je 1SG doute doubt que that vous 2PL ayez have.2PL.SJV raison. right...
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first noun (phrase) being the subject argument, and the second the object argument. Jill, for example, is the subject argument of the predicate likes...
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features Related to nouns Animacy Case Dative construction Dative shift Quirky subject Nominative Comitative Instrumental Classifier Measure word Construct...
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features Related to nouns Animacy Case Dative construction Dative shift Quirky subject Nominative Comitative Instrumental Classifier Measure word Construct...
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on their position in the syntactic tree. Traditional relations include subject, object, and indirect object. A given constituent of an expression can...
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in addition to passive voice, may serve to leave the subject-referent open. Zero person subjects are sometimes translated as "one", although in tone it...
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agent is a semantic concept distinct from the subject of a sentence as well as from the topic. While the subject is determined syntactically, primarily through...
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features Related to nouns Animacy Case Dative construction Dative shift Quirky subject Nominative Comitative Instrumental Classifier Measure word Construct...
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Grammatical conjugation (redirect from Nonverbal subject agreement)
agreement can leave certain subjects implicit when the subject is fully determined by the verb form. In Spanish, for instance, subject pronouns do not need to...
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features Related to nouns Animacy Case Dative construction Dative shift Quirky subject Nominative Comitative Instrumental Classifier Measure word Construct...
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"German oompah song". But Chris Charlesworth praised the "high harmonies, quirky subject matter" and "fat bass and drums that suspend belief". Charlesworth particularly...
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features Related to nouns Animacy Case Dative construction Dative shift Quirky subject Nominative Comitative Instrumental Classifier Measure word Construct...
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arguments (subject, object, etc.). When the subject is the agent or doer of the action, the verb is in the active voice. When the subject is the patient...
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left- and right-branching in English: Determiners (e.g. the) always and subjects (e.g. the child) usually appear on left branches in English, but infinitival...
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final particle simultaneously with the denominalisation of the clausal subject which brings the result of na as a clause nominalising particle which can...
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grammatical subject. The topic is defined by pragmatic considerations, that is, the context that provides meaning. The grammatical subject is defined by...
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syntagmatic function (e.g. subject, object) and paradigmatic fillers (e.g. nouns, pronouns or proper nouns as possible fillers of the subject position). Tagmemes...
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the oblique case Oblique argument Object (grammar) Subject pronoun Disjunctive pronoun Quirky subject "oblique" in David Crystal, 2008. A Dictionary of...
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that were once considered plural (e.g., "Physics is my favorite academic subject"). This apparent "number mismatch" is a natural and logical feature of...
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