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• Adversative coordination
  ...ive]] linking of two syntactic elements that display some form of semantic contrast. *Malchukov, Andrej L. (2004). Towards a Semantic Typology of Adversative and Contrast Marking. ''Journal of Semantics'' 21.177–198.
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• Affected object
  ...wagon'' in ''he loaded the wagon with hay'' is called totally affected, in contrast to ''the wagon'' in ''he loaded hay on the wagon'' (only part of the wagon
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• Diotic
  The sounds reaching the two ears are the same, in contrast to [[dichotic listening]].
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• Cricoid
  ...ea, and has a distinctive large plate that forms its posterior surface, in contrast to the other tracheal rings, which are open at the back.
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• Free form
  ...n its own and is not dependent on another neighbouring element. Free forms contrast with [[bound form]]s.
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• Ideal
  ...''not all'' N and ''at most'' N are not. The condition in (i) captures the contrast in (ii).
  766 bytes (131 words) - 16:11, 15 February 2009
• Syntagmatic relation
  ...between expressions that occur next to one another. Syntagmatic relations contrast with [[paradigmatic relation]]s.
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• Syntagmatic relationship of sense
  ...between expressions that occur next to one another. Syntagmatic relations contrast with [[paradigmatic relation]]s.
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• Theme (vs. rheme)
  The term '''theme''' is an older term for [[topic]]. It is often used in contrast with [[rheme]] (see [[theme and rheme]]).
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• Stress-timed
  ...time intervals between [[stress]]ed [[syllable]]s. Stress-timed languages contrast with '''[[syllable-timed]]''' languages where all syllables are of approxim
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• Slit tongue
  ...rticulator]]s through a narrow, horizontal opening (e.g. /f/, /th/). These contrast with [[grooved tongue|grooved]] fricatives, where a hollowing of the [[tong
  460 bytes (66 words) - 07:37, 3 November 2014
• Content question
  ...ific information about [[participant]]s or [[setting]]s. Content questions contrast primarily with [[polar questions]], which just ask for a 'yes' or 'no' answ
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• Bound form
  ...r on its own and is dependent on another neighbouring element. Bound forms contrast with [[bound form]]s. The term is most often used as a cover term for [[aff
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• Affricate
  ...'sentence'. The combination behaves phonologically as a unit in German, in contrast with English where [ts] are two phonemes, cf. ''hats''.
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• Path Containment Condition
  ...tates that if two paths overlap, one must contain the other. The following contrast illustrates the general idea:
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• Natural language
  ...c or [[programming language]]s are important. Sometimes it is also used in contrast to [[artificial language]]s such as Esperanto, although such languages are
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• Null morpheme
  The existence of a null morpheme in a word can also be theorized by contrast with other forms of the same word showing alternate morphemes. For example, ...l in its marking of the third person singular with a non-zero morpheme, by contrast with a null morpheme for others). It's also frequent to find null affixatio
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• Compact relational network notation
  ...um (in neurocognitive linguistics)|strata]] of the theory. "Compact" is in contrast to [[Narrow relational network notation|narrow relational network notation]
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• Top-down
  '''Top-down''' information, in contrast to [[bottom-up]] information, covers all types of non-sensory information.
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• Collective predicate
  The contrast in the examples shows that ''gather'' is a collective predicate because it
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• Acronym
  Acronyms contrast with [[alphabetism]]s, which are pronounced with the names of the letters (
  1 KB (140 words) - 17:23, 12 February 2009
• Demonstrative
  ...of physical proximity to the speaker, so that there is at least a two-way contrast of [[proximal]] (near speaker) versus [[distal]] (not near speaker), or the
  1 KB (187 words) - 16:36, 6 June 2008
• Extension
  ...r [[sign (semiotics)|sign]] consists of the things to which it applies, in contrast with its [[comprehension (logic)|comprehension]] or [[intension]], which co
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• Light verb
  ...hanashi'' which in its turn theta-marks ''John and Mary''. As shown by the contrast with (i)b, the verb ''suru'' only contributes the past tense (''shita'' = '
  1 KB (141 words) - 20:57, 16 February 2009
• Parser
  ...machine designed to test the structural integrity of a linguistic unit. In contrast to a [[recognizer]], a parser produces a structural description for all wel
  1 KB (157 words) - 10:53, 11 July 2007
• Descriptive linguistics
  ...rasted with [[theoretical linguistics]], but it would seem that the better contrast is with [[general linguistics]]. Descriptive linguistics is devoted to the
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• Theoretical linguistics
  ...y of that language. Moreover, ''theoretical'' is a good term to be used in contrast to ''applied''.
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• Pitch accent (lexical)
  ...as [[Japanese]]) where [[pitch change]] is the only cue to [[accent]] (in contrast to [[stress]], where [[amplitude]] and [[duration]] are also important cues
  1 KB (168 words) - 11:14, 9 September 2007
• Speech-act participant
  ...-act participants. (They do not distinguish between 1st or 2nd person, but contrast them both with third person (non-speech-act participant).)
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• Verb second
  The contrast between the [[Dutch]] (i)a and the [[English]] (i)b shows that Dutch, but n
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• Taxonomy
  ...tance of a taxonymy because a dog as well as a cat is a type of animal. By contrast, the the relationship between the [[hyperonym]] 'woman' and the [[hyponym]]
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• Direct object
  ...act that the direct object in French is not coded by a [[preposition]], in contrast to the indirect object, which requires the preposition ''à''.
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• Absolutive (verb form)
  ...first called the Sanskrit converb an "absolute participle", apparently to contrast it with the Latin and Greek [[participium conjunctum]], which agrees with a
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• Specific reading
  ...y unicorn. This does not entail the existence of unicorns. The specificity-contrast is often analyzed in terms of the relative scope of the indefinite with res
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• Person
  ...enote the [[speech act participant]]s [[speaker]] and [[hearer]] and their contrast with non-speech act particiants. In some languages, the dimension person is
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• Productivity
  ...xt to ''sterility''). We say that -''ness'' is a productive suffix. We can contrast this with the suffix -''th'' which performs the same role, but only for a h
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• Extraposition
  ...ch, complement clauses undergo extraposition obligatorily, as shown by the contrast between (v) and (vi).
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• Wh-island
  The complement of ''wonder'' in (i)b is a ''wh''-island. The contrast with (i)a serves to show that it is the ''wh''-element ''to whom'' which bl
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• Definiteness restriction
  ...erms, a [[weak noun phrase]]. The definiteness restriction is shown by the contrast between (i) and (ii): the [[strong noun phrase]]s in (i) are not compatible
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• Specificity condition
  ...worse results than movement out of non-specific NPs. This is shown by the contrast in (i) (showing ''wh''-movement out of a definite NP) and (ii) (''wh''-move
  1 KB (164 words) - 07:59, 4 November 2014
• Filter (syntax)
  ...s of filters, but ''some'' N and ''most'' N are not. This accounts for the contrast between (ii) and (iii):
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• Discourse-linked interrogative phrase
  ...inal (e.g., a set of already familiar men) (Pesetsky 1987, Enç 1991). They contrast with non-discourse linked interrogative pronouns such as ''who'', which car
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• Konditional(is)
  *E. Couper-Kuhlen & B. Kortmann (Hg.), Cause, Condition, Concession, Contrast. Cognitive Processes and Discourse Perspectives. Berlin 2000.
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• Adjacency Condition
  The Adjacency Condition accounts for the contrast between ''*klimbaar'' and ''beklimbaar'' in the following way. In the first
  2 KB (315 words) - 15:17, 22 January 2008
• Right roof constraint
  ...tures the fact that rightward movement is upward bounded, as the following contrast (adapted from Ross 1967:166) shows. The PP cannot leave its clause:
  1 KB (208 words) - 18:24, 28 September 2014
• Suspended affixation
  this particular case. In contrast, in English it does make a difference whether you suspend or don't in cases
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• Allophone
  In Russian there is phonemic contrast beween [t] and [d] and in Korean they are allophones of the same phoneme. T
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• Quantity-(in)sensitivity
  ...lable]]s, i.e. heavy syllables occur in head position of feet. (The weight-contrast is language-specific.) In a quantity-insensitive (=QI) language feet are bu
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• Aspectual classes
  ...nd Achievements on the other hand is considered central, also known as the contrast between [[durative]]/atelic aspect versus [[terminative]]/telic aspect. [[D
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• That-trace effect
  ...bject]] cannot be extracted when it follows ''that''. This is shown by the contrast in (i) and (ii).
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