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  • ...enomenon is used in an argument to make a distinction between ''wh''-trace and other empty elements, such as NP-trace or PRO. * Lasnik, H. and M. Saito 1984. ''On the nature of proper government,'' Linguistic Inquiry 1
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  • ...conceptual and phonemic nodes. Information is accessed in a bi-directional and stratum-independent manner.
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  • ...re terms used widely by 20th century European structuralists for [[topic]] and [[focus]]. The term pair was made widely known by the work of [[Vilém Mathesius]] and others in the [[Prague School]], in the first systematic attempt of studyin
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  • ...no dogs in E, then ''all dogs'', for instance denotes the power set of E, and hence is an improper NP. A proper quantifier denotation Q is also called a ...Cooper 1981. ''Generalized Quantifiers and Natural Language,'' Linguistics and Philosophy 4, pp. 159-219
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  • ...e extracted when it follows ''that''. This is shown by the contrast in (i) and (ii). * Chomsky, N. 1981. ''Lectures on Government and Binding,'' Foris, Dordrecht.
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  • ...tax, a '''mixed category''' is a construction which combines the syntactic and morphological properties of two distinct categories, such as noun and verb, while being headed by a single word.
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  • ...on''' is a definition which formalizes the relation between a [[sentence]] and its [[truth value]]. The definition formalizes what Wittgenstein (1922) des (i) For any S in L and any v, S is true in v if and only if p.
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  • * Sense relations of inclusion, esp. [[hyponymy]] and [[synonymy]] * Sense relations of exclusion, esp. [[complementarity]] and [[antonymy]] (both of which are instances of the relationship of [[incompat
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  • The '''T-Model''' is a model of grammar prevalent in the [[Principles and Parameters framework]], which has the general structure in (i): ...hree syntactic levels of representation (DS, SS, LF) is subject to debate, and may vary across languages.
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  • ...otemporal slice'). The subjects in (i)a refer to stages of the object John and the kind dog, respectively, to which a transient, temporary predicate appli ...ual level interpretation: in (ii) ''John'' and ''dogs'' refer to an object and a kind rather than a spatiotemporal instance.
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  • ...a general theme of three major systems, phonological, lexico-grammatical, and semantic-conceptual. Relations between strata are called [[realization|re ...ammatical phrases), lexotactics (the structures of clauses and sentences), and semotactics (the structure of thoughts, ideas, procedures, rituals, etc.)
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  • ...ns occur in languages. A high tone is usually indicated with an acute (tá) and a low tone with a grave (tà). ...tone realized on the same vowel. We distinguish between a rising tone (te) and a falling tone (tà). Contour tones are often analysed as complex tones. Se
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  • ...] structure like (i), the category A consists of two segments, the upper A and the lower A. * Lasnik, H. and M. Saito 1992. ''Move alpha: conditions on its application and output,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
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  • ...[[semantic role]]. The two syntactic elements are called [[coordinand]]s, and the linking element is called [[coordinator]]. ...n which two or more units of the same type are combined into a larger unit and still have the same semantic relations with other surrounding elements."''
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  • ''the glass'' is a theme both in (i)a (location) and (i)b (relocation). ...change of state, and the notion applies to ''the glass'' in (ii)a (state) and (ii)b (change of state) as well.
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  • ...argument-taking potential of [[verb]]s, and sometimes also [[adjective]]s and [[noun]]s. ...the door'' [THEME] ''with his key'' [INSTRUMENT]), while the verbs ''ran'' and ''arrive'' are only associated with the Agent role (''Bill ran'') or Theme
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  • ...ss of the ''s'' is made up for by lengthening the preceding vowel in Attic and the following consonant in Lesbian. ...ng across languages is a strong argument for the separation of the melodic and the temporal aspects of speech, that is, for the [[autosegmental]] model of
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  • ...r never yield a true sentence. A determiner has the property of variety if and only if in a domain of entities E condition (i) holds. ...nations of certain determiners, such as ''one or no'' and ''at least three and at most two'', do not.
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  • ...used in [[information structure]] studies for topicless, all-new sentences and sentences with a topic. The term pair was made popular in linguistics by Kuroda 1972 and Sasse 1987. Kuroda adopted it from the philosopher Brentano.
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  • ...omous level of representation related to deep structure, surface structure and/or LF. See [[meaning theories]]. * Chierchia and McConnell-Ginet 1990. ''Meaning and grammar,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
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