A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics

by Trask,R.L.

• ISBN13: 9780415086288
• ISBN10: 0415086280
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1993-07-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This dictionary of grammatical terms covers both current and traditional terminology in syntax and morphology. It includes descriptive terms, the major theoretical concepts of the most influential grammatical frameworks, and the chief terms from mathematical and computational linguistics. It contains over 1500 entries, providing definitions and examples, pronunciations, the earliest sources of terms and suggestions for further reading, and recommendations about competing and conflicting usages. The book focuses on non-theory-bound descriptive terms, which will remain current for some years.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xii
Guide to Pronunciation	p. xiii
A	p. 1
Ablative	p. 2
Absolute Tense	p. 3
Abstract Noun	p. 4
Acronym	p. 5
Adessive	p. 7
Adjective Phrase	p. 8
Adjunct-Island Condition	p. 9
Adverbial	p. 10
Advp	p. 11
Agglutination	p. 12
Algorithm	p. 13
Ambiguity Test	p. 14
Analytic	p. 15
Anaphoric Island	p. 16
Antecedent Government	p. 17
A-Over-A Constraint	p. 18
Approximative	p. 20
Article	p. 21
Asyndeton	p. 22
Attribute Grammar	p. 23
Automaton	p. 24
B	p. 26
Backtracking	p. 27
Bare-Np Adverbial	p. 28
Benefactive	p. 29
Binding Theory	p. 30
Binyan (pl. Binyanim)	p. 31
Bound Anaphora	p. 32
Braces	p. 33
Branching Node	p. 34
C	p. 35
Case Grammar	p. 36
Categorial Rule	p. 37
Category-Valued Feature	p. 38
C-Command	p. 39
Chinese Box	p. 41
Chomsky Normal Form	p. 42
Classical Transformational Grammar	p. 44
Cleft Sentence	p. 46
Clitic Climbing	p. 47
Cnpc	p. 48
Collocational Restriction	p. 49
Comment	p. 50
Complement	p. 51
Complexity Theory	p. 52
Component	p. 53
Conceptual Distance	p. 54
Conditional Clause	p. 55
Conjoining	p. 56
Conjunct Union	p. 57
Constraint	p. 58
Constructional Grammar	p. 59
Context-Free Language	p. 60
Context-Free Rule	p. 61
Continuous	p. 62
Controller	p. 63
Coordinate Structure Constraint	p. 64
Core Grammar	p. 65
Counter-Agent	p. 66
Count Noun	p. 67
Crossed Dependency	p. 68
Csc	p. 69
D	p. 70
Dative Shift	p. 71
Dcfl	p. 72
Deep Case	p. 73
Defective	p. 74
Deictic	p. 75
Deixis	p. 76
Dependency	p. 77
Derivational Constraint	p. 79
Descriptive Adequacy	p. 80
Determiner Phrase	p. 81
Dialect	p. 82
Direct Person Marking	p. 83
Discourse	p. 84
Distal	p. 85
Double-Object Construction	p. 86
E	p. 88
E-Language	p. 89
Enclitic	p. 91
Epistemic Modality	p. 92
Ergative Language	p. 93
Essential Variable	p. 94
Eventive	p. 95
Exclamation	p. 96
Exocentric	p. 97
Experiential	p. 98
Extended Exponence	p. 99
Extraction	p. 100
F	p. 101
Feature Cooccurrence Restriction	p. 102
Feature Instantiation Principle	p. 103
Finite Automaton	p. 104
Floating Quantifier	p. 105
Foot Feature Principle	p. 106
Formal Universal	p. 107
Free Word Order	p. 108
F-Structure	p. 109
Functional Annotation	p. 110
Functional Schema	p. 111
Functional Uniqueness	p. 112
Future Perfect	p. 113
G	p. 114
Gender	p. 115
Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar	p. 116
Generative Grammar	p. 117
Generic	p. 118
Global Ambiguity	p. 119
Government	p. 120
Government Theory	p. 121
Grammar Fragment	p. 122
Grammatical Morpheme	p. 123
Graph Theory	p. 124
H	p. 125
Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar	p. 126
Head Grammar	p. 127
Heavy Np Shift	p. 128
Hodiernal	p. 129
Hyphen	p. 130
I	p. 131
Idiolect	p. 132
Id Rule	p. 133
Immediate Constituent Diagram	p. 134
Imparisyllabic	p. 135
Impersonal Passive	p. 136
Inanimate	p. 137
Indefinite	p. 138
Indexed Language	p. 140
Inessive	p. 141
Infl	p. 142
Inheritance	p. 143
Interfix	p. 144
Intractable	p. 145
Intrinsic Rule Ordering	p. 146
Irregular	p. 148
Item-And-Process	p. 149
J	p. 150
K	p. 151
L	p. 152
Layering	p. 153
Left Branch Constraint	p. 154
Level	p. 155
Lexical Entry	p. 156
Lexical-Functional Language	p. 157
Lexical Item	p. 158
Lexis	p. 160
Linear Bounded Automaton	p. 161
Linear Time	p. 162
Little Pro	p. 163
Location	p. 164
Long-Distance Dependency	p. 165
M	p. 166
Marcus Parser	p. 167
Marked Periphery	p. 168
Maximal	p. 169
Medial Verb	p. 170
Minimal	p. 172
Missing Antecedent	p. 173
Modular	p. 174
Morph	p. 175
Morpholexical Rule	p. 176
Mother	p. 177
N	p. 178
N-Bar	p. 179
Negative Polarity Item	p. 180
Nesting	p. 181
No-Crossing Condition	p. 182
Nominative	p. 184
Non-Configurational Language	p. 185
Non-Modal Auxiliary	p. 186
Notional Definition	p. 188
Noun-Complement Clause	p. 189
Np-Complete	p. 190
Nucleus	p. 191
Null-Subject Language	p. 192
O	p. 193
Object Language	p. 194
Overlapping Exponence	p. 196
P	p. 197
Parallel Construction	p. 198
Parentheses	p. 199
Parser	p. 200
Particle	p. 201
Passive Participle	p. 202
Patient-Subject Construction	p. 203
Percolation	p. 204
Perfect Participle	p. 205
Person	p. 206
Peters-Ritchie Results	p. 207
Phrasal Verb	p. 208
Picture Noun	p. 209
Pluperfect	p. 210
Polysyndeton	p. 211
Possession	p. 212
Potential	p. 213
Predicate Nominal	p. 214
Prepositional Phrase	p. 215
Present	p. 216
Preverb	p. 217
Principle	p. 218
Proclitic	p. 219
Progressive Passive	p. 220
Prolative	p. 221
Proper Constituent	p. 222
Proscription	p. 223
Pseudo-Intransitive	p. 224
Pushdown Automaton	p. 225
Q	p. 226
Question Mark	p. 227
R	p. 228
Recipient	p. 229
Recursive Language	p. 230
Reduced Relative Clause	p. 231
Reduplicative Compound	p. 232
Reference Tracking	p. 233
Reflexive Absolute Transitive	p. 234
Regular Expression	p. 235
Regular Language	p. 236
Relational Hierarchy	p. 237
Relative Adverb	p. 238
Relative Universal	p. 239
Resultative	p. 240
Rewrite Rule	p. 241
Rg	p. 242
Right-Branching Language	p. 243
Role-And-Reference Grammar	p. 244
Round Brackets	p. 245
Rule Schema	p. 246
S	p. 247
S-Command	p. 248
Self-Embedding	p. 249
Semelfactive	p. 250
Sentence Adverb	p. 251
Singular	p. 253
Slash Category	p. 254
Sluicing	p. 255
Specifier	p. 256
Split-Intransitive	p. 257
S-Structure	p. 258
Statement	p. 259
Stranding	p. 260
Stratum	p. 261
Strong Generative Capacity	p. 262
Structure	p. 263
Structure-Preservation Constraint	p. 264
Subcategorization Frame	p. 265
Subject	p. 266
Subjective Genitive	p. 267
Subordinate Clause	p. 268
Subtraction	p. 269
Superfix	p. 270
Surface Structure	p. 271
Syntactic Blend	p. 273
System	p. 274
T	p. 275
Telic	p. 276
Tensed	p. 277
Thematic Structure	p. 278
Theta Theory	p. 279
Topicalization	p. 280
Traditional Grammar	p. 281
Transformational Cycle	p. 282
Transition Network	p. 283
Transitive Adjective	p. 284
Tree-Adjoining Grammar	p. 286
Tree-Adjoining Language	p. 287
U	p. 290
Unbounded	p. 291
Ungrammatical	p. 292
Unisinistrality	p. 293
Unproductive	p. 294
Up Arrow	p. 295
V	p. 296
Verb	p. 297
Verb Phrase Deletion	p. 298
Vertical Bar	p. 299
Vos Language	p. 300
W	p. 301
Weak Equivalence	p. 302
Wg	p. 303
Wh-Question	p. 304
Word-And-Paradigm	p. 305
Word-Formation Rule	p. 306
X	p. 307
Y	p. 308
Z	p. 309
References	p. 311
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