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<p>utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Selectional restrictions''' are the [[semantic restrictions]] that a [[word]] imposes on the environment in which it occurs.<br /> <br /> === Example ===<br /> <br /> a verb like ''eat'' requires that its subject refers to an animate entity and its object to something concrete. A violation of the selectional restrictions of a word results in [[anomaly]]&lt;nowiki&gt;: in &lt;/nowiki&gt;''the mountain eats sincerity'' both restrictions are violated, rendering the sentence anomalous. The question whether selectional restrictions should be treated in syntax or semantics, or even outside grammar, as a matter of knowledge of the world, has been a point of debate.<br /> <br /> === Links ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Selectional+restrictions&amp;lemmacode=210 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Chomsky, N. 1965. ''Aspects of the Theory of Syntax,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Semantics]]<br /> <br /> {{stub}}{{cats}}</div>

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