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• Embedded clause
  ...surrounding clause, if the outermost clause in the [[sentence]], is the [[matrix clause]]. In the following sentence, the matrix clause is ''The man_i … winced in pain'', and the embedded clau
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• Negative raising
  The phenomenon that a [[negation]] in the [[matrix clause]] of a [[sentence]] is interpreted in negating the [[complement clause]]. The negation in the matrix clause (ia) is interpreted in negating the complement clause, which makes (
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• Garden-path sentence
  A '''garden path''' sentence leads a [[parser]] initially to an incorrect interpretation. This is often ...which is a rare structure, the parser struggles to include ''fell'' in the sentence.
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• Matrix clause
  A '''matrix clause''' is a [[clause]] that structurally surrounds an [[embedded clause] In the following sentence, the matrix clause is ''The man_i … winced in pain'', and the embedded clau
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• Parasitic gap
  ...by the occurrence of another empty category in the [[sentence]]. Thus in a sentence like ...[anaphor]] in these examples can only be bound by the [[subject]] of the [[matrix clause]] (''John'') and not by the subject of the adjunct clause (''Mary'')
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• Code-switching
  ...of the two languages is dominant; the major language is often called the [[matrix language]], while the minor language is the [[embedded language]]. ...nguals of forms from an embedded variety (or varieties) in utterances of a matrix variety during the same conversation"'' (Myers-Scotton 1993:3).
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