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  • A noun or pronoun expression is assigned case by the closest case-assigner which c-commands it (in consequence of the Earliness Principle) an (i) accusative case if c-commanded by a transitive head (e.g a transitive verb like meet, or a
    588 bytes (90 words) - 17:35, 16 August 2021
  • ...uses. (For the more common definition of ''nominative'', see [[nominative case]].) ...ion]]s, and whose citation form would therefore qualify as an [[absolutive case]].
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  • ...xt information, but also knowledge about language or about the lexicon. In case the acoustic signal is ambiguous between "paper" and "baper", lexical knowl
    609 bytes (87 words) - 19:11, 29 August 2014
  • ...e. The nodes at the bottom of each complete tree structure (here in lower case) are called terminal nodes; other nodes are called non-terminal. Each node
    2 KB (363 words) - 08:19, 30 August 2014
  • ...text), Shortlist also incorporates a mechanism of bottom-up inhibition: in case a contextually appropriate candidate no longer fits the acoustic informatio
    1 KB (200 words) - 19:13, 28 October 2014
  • ...n mulitifunctionality and take an informed stance in the language-specific case whether these markers are homophoneous or polysemic.
    2 KB (263 words) - 17:03, 20 September 2014
  • (i) [Si vuole [PRO vendere queste case a caro prezzo]] (ii) Queste case<sub>i </sub>si vogliono vendere e<sub>i </sub>a caro prezzo
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  • ...tless" experiential constructions with the experiencer in a non-nominative case (e.g. Latin ''me pudet'' 'I am ashamed', German ''mich friert'' 'I am cold'
    2 KB (301 words) - 20:53, 3 July 2014
  • ...on the selection properties of the elements that are being merged. In the case of substitution, the selector always projects. In adjunction structures, th
    2 KB (222 words) - 15:47, 13 July 2014
  • ...ften misleading with respect to its logical properties, for example in the case of [[definite description]]s.
    2 KB (326 words) - 18:51, 12 July 2014
  • ...ically as verbs that assign no [[external theta-role]] and no structural [[Case]]. ...ture, but has to move to subject position in order to receive (nominative) Case (from INFL). The syntactic behaviour of unaccusatives differs in various wa
    3 KB (411 words) - 12:36, 10 June 2009
  • ...situations, where the occurrence of the sub-situation is unbounded. In the case of iterative multiple situations, the subsituations are [[achievement]]s, b
    11 KB (1,554 words) - 19:38, 21 October 2009
  • ...as not been moved. But being an operator, it must bind a variable, in this case the resumptive pronoun ''him''.
    2 KB (361 words) - 16:56, 28 September 2014
  • This is also the case for subordinate clauses, both finite and infinite. ...olt Saami is not conclusive as grammatical relations are expressed through case. Therefore word order is rather unimportant.
    12 KB (1,538 words) - 08:49, 7 March 2013
  • ...alysis of [[preposition stranding]] and [[clause union]] phenomena. In the case of a [[pseudo-passive]] like (i)a the [[stranded preposition]] at and the [
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  • ...rom mild ridicule to savage scorn (cf. Wilson & Sperber 1992: 59f). In the case of explicit echo, the only victim of the ironical utterance is the speaker 'Pretence' can also cover larger stretches of discourse. In this case, the speaker creates a simulation or 'as-if reality', which is then adopted
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  • ...'be going to'' and present progressive constructions is that in the latter case something has been predetermined. Consequently, progressive constructions o ...''if'', ''even'', ''unless'', ''once'', ''until'' etc. If this is not the case and the simple present construction is used in a main clause, it implies ab
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  • ...-- [[Argument]] -- [[Arity]] -- [[Beneficiary]] -- [[Case relation]] -- [[Case role]] -- [[Conditional sentence]] -- [[Contradiction]] -- [[Declarative se
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  • ...e amounts of a given property object a and b possess plays a role. In this case, the values of the property are mapped to the elements of an appropriate se
    4 KB (691 words) - 14:05, 9 August 2014
  • ...n complements and adjuncts”. In: Abraham, Werner (ed.) ''Valence, semantic case, and grammatical relations.'' Amsterdam: Benjamins, 21-46.
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