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- 15:46, 30 August 2007 diff hist +464 N Object plus infinitive New page: The term '''object plus infinitive''' (abbreviated ''OPI'') is used in Kemmer (1993:85) as a more general term referring not only to accusative and infinitive constructions but also da... current
- 15:45, 30 August 2007 diff hist +448 N Object New page: {{stub}} The term '''object''' is sometimes used as a general term for a non-subject argument. ===Comments=== Using the terms direct object and indirect object as indepe...
- 15:12, 29 August 2007 diff hist +920 N Numeral New page: A '''numeral''' is a member of a word class whose members are used to express numbers in one way or another (for counting objects, counting events, or expressing the position in a sequ...
- 15:12, 29 August 2007 diff hist +971 N Number New page: {{Stub}} '''Number''' is an inflectional dimension used on countable referring expressions to designate the number of referents concerned. Languages differ...
- 15:11, 29 August 2007 diff hist +273 N Nucleus vs. satellite New page: The term pair '''nucleus vs. satellite''' was introduced by Seiler (1960:9) for what is now commonly known as head vs. dependent. === Reference === *Seiler, Hansjakob. 1960. ''Relativ...
- 15:07, 29 August 2007 diff hist +805 N Noun clause New page: A '''noun clause''' is a clause that functions in the same way as a noun phrase, i.e. generally as an argument, so that ''noun clause'' is basically a synonym of [[complement claus... current
- 15:05, 29 August 2007 diff hist +1,050 N Northern Turkic New page: [this article is preliminary and needs to be corrected; it serves primarily illustrative purposes] {{InfoboxFamily| |Family=Northern Turkic |Highest=Altaic |Genus=Turkic |MPIExt1=... current
- 15:02, 29 August 2007 diff hist +9 Nordsaamisch +cate
- 15:01, 29 August 2007 diff hist +16,205 N Nordsaamisch New page: {{Infobox_Sprache| Sprache=Nord-Saami |Länder=Finnland, Schweden, Norwegen |Sprecher= 15.000(Norwegen); 30.000(insgesamt) |Klassifikation= *Uralisch **Saamisch ***Zentralsa...
- 14:59, 29 August 2007 diff hist +200 N Nonfinite New page: See finite vs. nonfinite. ===Synonym=== *infinite (this is an older term that is now obsolete) ===Other languages=== German infinit, nichtfinit {{dc}} [[Category:Verbal ...
- 14:59, 29 August 2007 diff hist +1,224 N Nominative case (citation form) New page: The term '''nominative case''' is sometimes used to denote the citation form of the noun, regardless of its uses. (For the more common definition of ''nominative'', see [[nominative ca...
- 14:58, 29 August 2007 diff hist +390 N Nonce borrowing New page: {{stub}} The term '''nonce borrowing''' refers to the use of a word from another language than the main language of the utterance, which has not become an established part of this languag...
- 14:57, 29 August 2007 diff hist +219 N Nominal New page: {{Stub}} The noun '''nominal''' is sometimes used as equivalent of noun phrase. ===Origin=== This is presumably an abbreviation of ''nominal phrase'', ''nominal expression'', or simil... current
- 14:56, 29 August 2007 diff hist +121 N Nikolaus Himmelmann New page: ===Link=== [http://www.linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/~himmelmann/ Homepage] Himmelmann, Nikolaus
- 14:55, 29 August 2007 diff hist +1,679 N Negative polarity item New page: A '''negative polarity item''' is an expression that is restricted to negative contexts and some other semantically related such as questions and conditional clauses although its seman...
- 14:54, 29 August 2007 diff hist +1,948 N Negative concord New page: '''Negative concord''' is a widespread term for cases where negative indefinite pronouns cooccur with a separate expression of sentential negation. ::*''"...the ‘concord of nega...
- 14:53, 29 August 2007 diff hist +451 N Natural language New page: {{stub}} A '''natural language''' is a language that is used by humans for ordinary purposes of communication. The term is used only in special contexts where formal languages of math...
- 14:50, 29 August 2007 diff hist +250 N Natural class New page: {{stub}} In phonology, a '''natural class''' of segments is a set of segments that behave in the same way with respect to some phonological regularity. ===Other languages=== German [[nat...
- 14:48, 29 August 2007 diff hist +479 N Natural New page: The adjective '''natural''' is used in a variety of different contexts in linguistics: * in the phonological term natural class * in the term natural language * with reference to l... current
- 14:43, 29 August 2007 diff hist +819 N Native word New page: A '''native word''' is a word (or more precisely, lexeme) that was not borrowed from another language, but was inherited from an earlier stage of the langu... current