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<p>utrecht + cat</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A '''Discontinuous constituent''' is a [[constituent]] whose constituting elements are somehow separated.<br /> <br /> === Example ===<br /> <br /> the sentences in (i) and (ii) contain constituents which are discontinuous in the a-sentences, but not in the b-sentences.<br /> <br /> (i) a wat heeft hij [ - voor boeken] gekocht ?<br /> what has he [ - for books ] bought?<br /> 'what type of books did he buy?'<br /> b [wat voor boeken] heeft hij gekocht ?<br /> (ii) a hij heeft [een boek - ] gekocht met een harde kaft<br /> he has [a book - ] bought with a hard cover<br /> 'he bought a book with a hard cover'<br /> b hij heeft [een boek met een harde kaft] gekocht<br /> <br /> Usually, discontinuous constituents are analyzed as the result of [[movement]] of only part of a constituent.<br /> <br /> === Link ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Discontinuous+constituent&amp;lemmacode=1085 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:General]]<br /> [[Category:Syntax]]<br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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