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Grammatical relations
provide labels for different types of structural relationships that hold between a head and its arguments
Grammatical Linking
The use of word order and/or inflection to indicate an NP's relationship to a head.
(ex. English SVO)
Inflection
making change in a word's form to indicate grammatically relevant information.
eg. the boy met the teacher -> He met Him
Key feature of subject and direct objects
their relationship to the verb is represented by word order.
eg. subject before verb and direct object after it.
is grammatically linked
Key feature of indirect objects
often marked by a meaning-bearing element that denotes 'direction toward' (preposition or postposition).
not grammatically linked.
primary object
when more than one D.O. is possible, it is the one closer to the verb
secondary object
when more than one D.O. is possible, it is the one farther from the verb
Obliques
constituents of sentence (other than a verb)
neither subjects nor objects (direct or indirect)
e.g. they talked
about the ball game
they proceeded
carefully
Semantic Topic
what the sentence is about
can be subject or D.O.
Grammatical/Structural Topic
may also be semantic topics
grammatically linked in distinguishing way
- positioning (e.g. occur at beginning of sentence followed by a pause, as in Mandarin)
- particular gammatical marker (eg. japanese
wa
)
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Syntax Files C1
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Syntax Files C1 2nd Test
Updated
10/13/2011, 7:23:44 AM
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