In linguistics, the head or nucleus of a phrase is the word that determines the syntactic category of that phrase. For example, the head of the noun phrase... 10 KB (1,394 words) - 02:39, 17 November 2023 |
Phrase (redirect from Phrase (linguistics)) Constituent (linguistics) Dependency grammar Finite verb Head (linguistics) Non-finite verb Phrase structure grammar Sentence (linguistics) Syntactic category... 9 KB (1,281 words) - 01:44, 25 April 2024 |
In linguistics, head directionality is a proposed parameter that classifies languages according to whether they are head-initial (the head of a phrase... 59 KB (7,432 words) - 00:06, 27 January 2024 |
X-bar theory (redirect from Specifier (linguistics)) In linguistics, X-bar theory is a model of phrase-structure grammar and a theory of syntactic category formation that was first proposed by Noam Chomsky... 29 KB (3,294 words) - 22:43, 17 April 2024 |
In linguistics, inversion is any of several grammatical constructions where two expressions switch their canonical order of appearance, that is, they... 18 KB (2,449 words) - 00:07, 6 November 2023 |
In linguistics, morphology (mor-FOL-ə-jee) is the study of words, including the principles by which they are formed, and how they relate to one another... 34 KB (4,214 words) - 06:05, 17 April 2024 |
Syntactic movement (redirect from Trace (linguistics)) Extraposition Gapping Inversion Logical form (linguistics) Move alpha PRO (linguistics) Raising (linguistics) Scope (formal semantics) Scrambling Shifting... 17 KB (2,309 words) - 00:22, 27 February 2024 |
foremost mast Head (botany), a structure composed of numerous individual flowers Head (geology), a recent near-surface deposit Head (linguistics), the word... 6 KB (846 words) - 16:40, 10 March 2024 |
man studies linguistics enthusiastically. This sentence involves the following five PSRs: S → NP VP NP → Det N (the man) NP → N (linguistics) AdvP → Adv... 7 KB (771 words) - 03:34, 13 April 2023 |
In linguistics, intonation is the variation in pitch used to indicate the speaker's attitudes and emotions, to highlight or focus an expression, to signal... 36 KB (4,908 words) - 10:06, 13 February 2024 |
Formal linguistics is the branch of linguistics which uses applied mathematical methods for the analysis of natural languages. Such methods include formal... 4 KB (378 words) - 05:45, 7 April 2024 |
In linguistics, subordination (abbreviated variously SUBORD, SBRD, SUBR or SR) is a principle of the hierarchical organization of linguistic units. While... 7 KB (976 words) - 11:03, 17 May 2023 |
 | Functional linguistics is an approach to the study of language characterized by taking systematically into account the speaker's and the hearer's side... 28 KB (3,082 words) - 10:56, 23 January 2024 |
 | Generative grammar (redirect from Generative linguistics) Generative grammar is a theoretical approach in linguistics that regards grammar as a domain-specific system of rules that generates all and only the... 21 KB (2,358 words) - 20:36, 6 May 2024 |
 | Forensic linguistics, legal linguistics, or language and the law, is the application of linguistic knowledge, methods, and insights to the forensic context... 64 KB (8,763 words) - 16:45, 11 May 2024 |
In linguistics, focus (abbreviated FOC) is a grammatical category that conveys which part of the sentence contributes new, non-derivable, or contrastive... 31 KB (4,024 words) - 17:31, 23 April 2024 |
In linguistics, a marker is a free or bound morpheme that indicates the grammatical function of the marked word, phrase, or sentence. Most characteristically... 2 KB (295 words) - 09:39, 29 January 2022 |
Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton... 111 KB (11,948 words) - 22:18, 5 May 2024 |
denoting a sentence component Zero-level projection, in X-bar theory Head (linguistics), or nucleus SpaceShipOne flight 15P, a 2004 private spaceflight X/0... 777 bytes (135 words) - 11:03, 24 September 2023 |
Headed may refer to: A headed phrase, in linguistics Headed notepaper All pages with titles beginning with Headed Head (disambiguation) Header (disambiguation)... 229 bytes (55 words) - 00:05, 14 September 2022 |
In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme (less precisely, a word or sign) that consists of more than one stem. Compounding, composition or nominal composition... 50 KB (5,726 words) - 04:58, 10 April 2024 |
English. Lemma (morphology) Lexeme Morphological typology Morphology (linguistics) Phono-semantic matching Principal parts Proto-Indo-European root Radical... 16 KB (1,755 words) - 14:27, 29 March 2024 |
In fact, this use of the term is the one that currently dominates in linguistics. A main aspect of this understanding of complements is that the subject... 9 KB (1,092 words) - 20:29, 19 December 2023 |
Principles and parameters (redirect from Principle (linguistics)) Principles and parameters is a framework within generative linguistics in which the syntax of a natural language is described in accordance with general... 15 KB (2,088 words) - 01:52, 8 November 2023 |
In linguistics, an argument is an expression that helps complete the meaning of a predicate, the latter referring in this context to a main verb and its... 19 KB (2,576 words) - 03:15, 6 February 2024 |
Syntax (redirect from Syntax (linguistics)) In linguistics, syntax (/ˈsɪntæks/ SIN-taks) is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences. Central... 25 KB (2,773 words) - 23:56, 20 March 2024 |
In linguistics, the term nominal refers to a category used to group together nouns and adjectives based on shared properties. The motivation for nominal... 18 KB (1,989 words) - 11:34, 7 February 2024 |
In linguistics, valency or valence is the number and type of arguments controlled by a predicate, content verbs being typical predicates. Valency is related... 20 KB (2,690 words) - 04:11, 1 May 2024 |
Linguistic typology (redirect from Typology (linguistics)) Linguistic typology (or language typology) is a field of linguistics that studies and classifies languages according to their structural features to allow... 31 KB (3,543 words) - 15:00, 22 April 2024 |
grammar: Classificatory verbs Noun class Analytic language Determiner (linguistics) Comrie, Bernard; Haspelmath, Martin; Bickel, Balthasar (2008). "Leipzig... 50 KB (6,154 words) - 17:20, 26 April 2024 |