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1. the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | descriptive linguistics, |
| definition | : | a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | descriptive grammar, |
| definition | : | a grammar that is produced by descriptive linguistics (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | prescriptive grammar, |
| definition | : | a grammar that is produced by prescriptive linguistics (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | syntax, |
| definition | : | studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | morphology, |
| definition | : | studies of the rules for forming admissible words (noun.cognition) |
| domain category | : | linguistics, |
| definition | : | the scientific study of language (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | head, head word, |
| definition | : | (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | quantifier, |
| definition | : | (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many') (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | subject, |
| definition | : | (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | object, |
| definition | : | (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | constituent, grammatical constituent, |
| definition | : | (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | clause, |
| definition | : | (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | article, |
| definition | : | (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | modify, qualify, |
| definition | : | add a modifier to a constituent (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | parse, |
| definition | : | analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence) (verb.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | agree, |
| definition | : | show grammatical agreement (verb.stative) |
| domain member category | : | active, dynamic, |
| definition | : | (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | stative, |
| definition | : | ( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | active, |
| definition | : | expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | passive, |
| definition | : | expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | attributive, prenominal, |
| definition | : | of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | attributive genitive, |
| definition | : | a word in the genitive case used as an attributive adjective (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | predicative, |
| definition | : | of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | coordinating, coordinative, |
| definition | : | serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | subordinating, subordinative, |
| definition | : | serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | copulative, |
| definition | : | syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | contrastive, |
| definition | : | syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | independent, main, |
| definition | : | (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | dependent, subordinate, |
| definition | : | (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | descriptive, |
| definition | : | describing the structure of a language (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | normative, prescriptive, |
| definition | : | pertaining to giving directives or rules (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | endocentric, |
| definition | : | fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | exocentric, |
| definition | : | not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | finite, |
| definition | : | of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | infinite, non-finite, |
| definition | : | of verbs; having neither person nor number nor mood (as a participle or gerund or infinitive) (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | illative, |
| definition | : | expressing or preceding an inference (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | qualified, restricted, |
| definition | : | restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | unrestricted, |
| definition | : | not restricted or modified in meaning (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | correlative, |
| definition | : | expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | weak, |
| definition | : | (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | strong, |
| definition | : | of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | limiting, |
| definition | : | strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | nonrestrictive, |
| definition | : | not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | syndetic, |
| definition | : | connected by a conjunction (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | asyndetic, |
| definition | : | lacking conjunctions (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | transitive, |
| definition | : | designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | intransitive, |
| definition | : | designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | aoristic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the aorist tense (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | nominal, |
| definition | : | pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | nominative, |
| definition | : | serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | accusative, objective, |
| definition | : | serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | genitive, possessive, |
| definition | : | serving to express or indicate possession (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | scopal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to scope (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | future, |
| definition | : | a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | optative, |
| definition | : | relating to a mood of verbs in some languages (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | subjunctive, |
| definition | : | relating to a mood of verbs (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | imperative, |
| definition | : | relating to verbs in the imperative mood (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | declarative, indicative, |
| definition | : | relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | interrogative, |
| definition | : | relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | participial, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or consisting of participles (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | substantival, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or having the nature or function of a substantive (i.e. a noun or noun equivalent) (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | gerundial, |
| definition | : | relating to or like a gerund (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | attributively, |
| definition | : | in an attributive manner (adv.all) |
| derivation | : | grammatical, well-formed, |
| definition | : | conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | grammatical, well-formed, |
| definition | : | conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers (adj.all) |
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