Syntactic unit
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PHRASESyntactic unit
fillersA linguistic unit that fills a particular slot in syntactic structure
fillerA linguistic unit that fills a particular slot in syntactic structure
signfundamental linguistic unit that designates an object or relation or has a purely syntactic function signs include words, morphemes, and punctuation
syntacticsSYNTACTIC
syntagmaa syntactic element
CHOMSKYAuthor of "Syntactic Structures"
syntagmasSYNTAGMA, a syntactic element
syntagmataSYNTAGMA, a syntactic element
syntacticalrelating to syntax also SYNTACTIC
parsingthe syntactic analysis of a sentence
syntacticallySYNTACTICAL, relating to syntax also SYNTACTIC
NOAMFirst name of the "Syntactic Structures" author
parsingsPARSING, the syntactic analysis of a sentence
appositionthe position of a word parallel to another in syntactic relation
colligateBe or cause to be juxtaposed or grouped in a syntactic relation
colligatesBe or cause to be juxtaposed or grouped in a syntactic relation
appositionsAPPOSITION, the position of a word parallel to another in syntactic relation
colligatingBe or cause to be juxtaposed or grouped in a syntactic relation
colligatedBe or cause to be juxtaposed or grouped in a syntactic relation
inflectto change the form of (a word) to express grammatical or syntactic relations
paradigmsA set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles
phraseword or group of words forming a syntactic constituent with a single grammatical function an adverbial phrase
anacoluthiaa nonsequential syntactic construction in which the latter part of a sentence does not grammatically fit the earlier
anacoluthiasANACOLUTHIA, a nonsequential syntactic construction in which the latter part of a sentence does not grammatically fit the earlier
paradigmaticOf or denoting the relationship between a set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles
chiasmusan inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases (as in Goldsmith's to stop too fearful, and too faint to go)
chiasmian inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases (as in Goldsmith's to stop too fearful, and too faint to go)
inanimatebelonging to a syntactic category or having a semantic feature that is characteristic of words denoting objects, concepts, and beings regarded as lacking perception and volition
propA word used to fill a syntactic role without any specific meaning of its own, for example one in it's a nice one and it in it is raining
placeholderAn element of a sentence that is required by syntactic constraints but carries little or no semantic information, for example the word it as a subject in it is a pity that she left, where the true subject is that she left
placeholdersAn element of a sentence that is required by syntactic constraints but carries little or no semantic information, for example the word it as a subject in it is a pity that she left, where the true subject is that she left
sandhimodification of the sound of a morpheme (as a word or affix) conditioned by syntactic context in which it is uttered (as pronunciation of -ed as d in glazed and as in paced or occurrence of a in a cow and of an in an old cow)