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• Selectional restriction
  ...electional restriction''' is a restriction concerning the relation between a [[predicate]] (or [[predicate term]]) and its argument(s) ([[argument term] ...ssinate'' requires an object that denotes a famous person, i.e. it imposes a selectional restriction to this effect.
  498 bytes (64 words) - 12:38, 26 July 2014
• Feature matrix
  ...ture]]s that characterizes a given set of linguistic units with respect to a finite set of properties. In phonology, a feature matrices are used to specify the [[feature]]s of a sound segment.
  648 bytes (97 words) - 13:55, 14 June 2009
• Structure-preserving Constraint
  ...rinciple which states that a moved constituent may only be substituted for a category of the same type. This principle prevents an NP from being moved to a V-position.
  747 bytes (95 words) - 07:04, 16 August 2014
• A-position
  ...positions. A position which is not an A-position is called an A'-position (A-bar-position). The NPs ''John and apples'' in the sentence ''John eats apples'' are in A-positions (in D-structure).
  858 bytes (116 words) - 08:55, 26 May 2013
• Meronymy
  ...ty and its parts. The whole is also called [[holonym]] and each part of it a [[meronym]]. * ''hand'' is a meronym of ''arm''
  271 bytes (42 words) - 14:09, 14 June 2009
• Syntactic relation
  A '''syntactic relation''' is a relation holding between a [[constituent]] and the clause that it forms part of.
  267 bytes (35 words) - 16:17, 27 July 2014
• A-free
  '''A-free''' refers to anything which is not [[A-bound]], is A-free. [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=A-free&lemmacode=1002 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
  258 bytes (34 words) - 08:54, 26 May 2013
• Polar question
  ...n]] that only allows a 'yes' or a 'no' answer. It is most often opposed to a [[content question]], which has to be answered by providing more specific i
  430 bytes (55 words) - 08:29, 1 June 2014
• Declarative sentence
  ...entence''' is a sentence to which a [[truth value]] can be assigned, given a certain situation or circumstance. (i) is a declarative sentence because we can assign it a truth value (e.g., in the actual world sentence (i) is not true).
  630 bytes (89 words) - 03:28, 18 May 2009
• Binarity
  ...arity''' relates to the fact that exactly two [[value]]s are available for a given choice or decision. In decompositional semantics, binarity is a property of a [[feature]]. A feature is said to be binary iff it can take only one of two [[value]]s. Fo
  595 bytes (94 words) - 13:16, 14 June 2009
• Deprepositional
  A '''deprepositional''' [[lexeme]] is a lexeme whose [[base]] is a [[preposition]].
  216 bytes (23 words) - 13:00, 26 May 2013
• Cocktail party effect
  ...aring (using both ears) which helps us to separate interesting sounds from a background of irrelevant noise. In a room where several conversations are taking place, one can focus on one of
  501 bytes (73 words) - 16:01, 3 August 2014
• Tone
  ...s. A high tone is usually indicated with an acute (tá) and a low tone with a grave (tà). ...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. See
  944 bytes (152 words) - 18:57, 29 August 2014
• Sentence
  ...non-grammatical entity) results. A sentence is a maximal [[clause]], i.e. a clause that is not part of another clause.
  554 bytes (79 words) - 12:46, 26 July 2014
• Predication
  ...tion is sometimes defined as a coindexing relation between a predicate and a [[c-command]]ing subject, not only in the case of an [[NP]]-[[VP]] relation
  826 bytes (128 words) - 14:56, 14 June 2009
• Segment (in syntax)
  ...ke (i), the category A consists of two segments, the upper A and the lower A. (i) A
  730 bytes (96 words) - 16:30, 5 October 2014
• Geminate
  ...uently represented as a series of two identical consonants, rather than as a single, long consonant. Gemination is a contrastive process in Arabic, Estonian, Finnish, Classical Hebrew, Hungari
  869 bytes (113 words) - 18:32, 20 September 2014
• Marker
  ...e]], and [[affix]], an [[adposition]] that ''marks'' something, i.e. codes a particular grammatical meaning.
  328 bytes (44 words) - 18:09, 21 September 2014
• Mutual situation
  ...as the semantic relation between B and A. The two participants standing in a mutual situation are called [[mutuant]]s (Haspelmath 2008:2088).
  643 bytes (81 words) - 23:13, 7 August 2009
• Lingua franca
  A '''lingua franca''' is a language that is used as a means of communication by people from different language communities. ...cs Uzbekistan, Tajiskistan, Turkmenistan, etc.; and [[English]] is used as a lingua franca for most global international events.
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