arguments of this predicate. The conflict between these two definitions can lead to confusion. The notion of a predicate in traditional grammar traces back...

predicate or predication in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Predicate or predication may refer to: Predicate (grammar), in linguistics Predication (philosophy)...

Dependency grammars sometimes call arguments actants, following Lucien Tesnière (1959). The area of grammar that explores the nature of predicates, their...

non-finite verb if such a verb is present. Subject (grammar) Predicate (grammar) Dependency grammar Object pronoun Prepositional pronoun Transitive verb...

following are other examples of sentences translated into the predicate logic by the grammar. In David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest, the protagonist...

First-order logic, also called predicate logic, predicate calculus, or quantificational logic, is a collection of formal systems used in mathematics, philosophy...

distinction between arguments and adjuncts and predicates is central to most theories of syntax and grammar. Predicates take arguments and they permit (certain)...

arguments (expressions that help complete the meaning of a predicate). In many non-theoretical grammars, the terms subject complement (also called a predicative...

phrase structure grammars), one of the two main constituents of a clause, the other constituent being the predicate, whereby the predicate says something...

fat man. A verb phrase is similar to what is considered a predicate in traditional grammars. Verb phrases generally are divided among two types: finite...

predicand (expressed or not) and a semantic predicate. A typical clause consists of a subject and a syntactic predicate, the latter typically a verb phrase composed...

categorial grammar, formal semantics, and transcendental phenomenology, Logical grammar consists of the analysis of the sentence into a predicate-argument...

and a predicate together make up a clause. Although some traditional grammars consider adpositional phrases and adverbials part of the predicate, many...

systemic functional linguistics model for English. Focus (linguistics) Predicate (grammar) Textual function (systemic functional linguistics) Thematic equative...

are a friend. Direct object Complement (linguistics) Object (grammar) Predicate (grammar) Predicative expression Resultative Subject complement Brinton...

subject is "men", predicate is "mortal" and copula is "are", while in the second example, the subject is "Socrates", the predicate is "a man" and copula...

In computer science, a parsing expression grammar (PEG) is a type of analytic formal grammar, i.e. it describes a formal language in terms of a set of...

acknowledges the initial subject-predicate division in syntax as real, then one is likely to go down the path of phrase structure grammar, while if one rejects this...

Look up predicable in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Predicable (Lat. praedicabilis, that which may be stated or affirmed, sometimes called quinque...

In logic, a predicate is a symbol that represents a property or a relation. For instance, in the first-order formula P ( a ) {\displaystyle P(a)} , the...

Relational grammar began as an alternative to transformational grammar. In relational grammar, constituents that serve as the arguments to predicates are numbered...

traditional grammar and guide books, a linking verb is a verb that describes the subject by connecting it to a predicate adjective or predicate noun (collectively...

A predicative expression (or just predicative) is part of a clause predicate, and is an expression that typically follows a copula or linking verb, e...

As with all clauses, it contains a subject and predicate, though the subject as well as the (predicate) verb are omitted and implied if the clause is...

subject and predicate that is associated with the grammars of his day (S → NP VP) and remains at the core of most phrase structure grammars. In place of...

Lexical functional grammar (LFG) is a constraint-based grammar framework in theoretical linguistics. It posits two separate levels of syntactic structure...

A formal grammar is a set of symbols and the production rules for rewriting some of them into every possible string of a formal language over an alphabet...

functional predicate, or function symbol, is a logical symbol that may be applied to an object term to produce another object term. Functional predicates are...

of secondary predication". Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics 25: 20–29. R. Huddleston and G. K. Pullum (2002). The Cambridge Grammar of the English...

not acknowledged in all theories of grammar). A verb phrase headed by a finite verb may also be called a predicate. The dependents may be objects, complements...