intransitive verbs, which do not entail transitive objects, for example, 'arose' in Beatrice arose. Transitivity is traditionally thought of as a global...
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Valency is related, though not identical, to subcategorization and transitivity, which count only object arguments – valency counts all arguments, including...
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Transitivity is a linguistics property that relates to whether a verb, participle, or gerund denotes a transitive object. It is closely related to valency...
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In linguistics, a stratum (Latin for 'layer') or strate is a historical layer of language that influences or is influenced by another language through...
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Verb (redirect from TUTT (linguistics))
utterance Phrasal verb Phrase structure rules Sentence (linguistics) Syntax Tense–aspect–mood Transitivity (grammatical category) Verb argument Verb framing...
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In linguistics, volition is a concept that distinguishes whether the subject, or agent of a particular sentence intended an action or not. Simply, it...
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Object (grammar) (redirect from Object (linguistics))
In linguistics, an object is any of several types of arguments. In subject-prominent, nominative-accusative languages such as English, a transitive verb...
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Functional linguistics is an approach to the study of language characterized by taking systematically into account the speaker's and the hearer's side...
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Subject (grammar) (redirect from Subject (linguistics))
dictionary. Complement (linguistics) Copula Grammatical case Object (grammar) Preparatory subject Quirky subject Sentence (linguistics) Subjective (grammar)...
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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...
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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...
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Intransitive verb (category Transitivity and valency)
and emotion.: 54–61 The valency of a verb is related to transitivity. Where the transitivity of a verb only considers the objects, the valency of a verb...
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Grammatical conjugation (redirect from Conjugation (linguistics))
possession, definiteness, politeness, causativity, clusivity, interrogatives, transitivity, valency, polarity, telicity, volition, mirativity, evidentiality, animacy...
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Ditransitive verb (category Transitivity and valency)
Morphosyntactic alignment Secundative language Transitive verb Transitivity (grammar) Valency (linguistics) "Ditransitive Verbs @ The Internet Grammar of...
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Inflection (redirect from Invariant (linguistics))
number of potential forms. Transitivity is a thoroughgoing division of Basque verbs, and it is necessary to know the transitivity of a particular verb in...
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Lexicon (redirect from Lexicon (linguistics))
a language or branch of knowledge (such as nautical or medical). In linguistics, a lexicon is a language's inventory of lexemes. The word lexicon derives...
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Passive voice (category Transitivity and valency)
Dixon; Alexendra Aikhenvald (eds.). Changing Valency: Case Studies in Transitivity. Cambridge University Press. p. 90. ISBN 9780521660396. Anagnostopoulou...
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Philosophy of language (redirect from History of the philosophy of linguistics)
science and linguistics was elaborated by Thomas of Erfurt's Modistae grammar (c. 1305), which gives an example of the analysis of the transitive sentence:...
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Applicative voice (category Transitivity and valency)
doi:10.1075/sl.34.4.01bug. Dewell, Robert B. (2015). Be- verbs and transitivity. In The Semantics of German Verb Prefixes (pp. 59-64). Philadelphia,...
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Archaic Syntax in Indo- European: The Spread of Transitivity in Latin and French. Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs. Vol. 125. de Gruyter....
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Subcategorization (redirect from Subcategorization (linguistics))
grammar Transitivity Valency Chomsky (1965) is a prominent early source on the concept of subcategorization. The valency concept in linguistics is originally...
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Topic and comment (redirect from Topic (linguistics))
Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy 71. Dordrecht: Kluwer. (ix + 216 pp.) review Halliday, Michael A. K. 1967–68. "Notes on transitivity and theme in...
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Andrej A. (1993). "Transitivity increase in Athabaskan languages". In Comrie, Bernard; Polinsky, Maria (eds.). Causatives and Transitivity. Studies in Language...
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Salishan languages (section Historical linguistics)
American Linguistics 71.1, January 2005. Davis, Henry. and Matthewson, Lisa. (2009). Issues in Salish Syntax and Semantics. Language and Linguistics Compass...
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Language (category Linguistics)
modern approaches to linguistics. For example, descriptive linguistics examines the grammar of single languages, theoretical linguistics develops theories...
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In linguistics, incorporation is a phenomenon by which a grammatical category, such as a verb, forms a compound with its direct object (object incorporation)...
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subjects (regardless of verb transitivity) are marked (in this case with a null suffix) the same for case while transitive objects take the accusative...
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example. Transitive alignment: certain Iranian languages, such as Rushani, distinguish only transitivity (in the past tense), using a transitive case for...
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encoded by other means. According to some authors, morphology related to transitivity such as the use of the construction sometimes called antipassive or intransitive...
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ISBN 978-0-19-922627-6. Halliday, M. (1967), "Notes on Transitivity and Theme in English (Part 2)", Journal of Linguistics, 3: 206 Ladd, Robert D. (1980), The structure...
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