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Syntactic category — A syntactic category is either a phrasal category , such as noun phrase or verb phrase , which can be decomposed into smaller syntactic categories, or a lexical category , such as noun or verb , which cannot be further decomposed.The three… … Wikipedia
Category theory — In mathematics, category theory deals in an abstract way with mathematical structures and relationships between them: it abstracts from sets and functions to objects and morphisms . Categories now appear in most branches of mathematics and in… … Wikipedia
Lexical category — In grammar, a lexical category (also word class, lexical class, or in traditional grammar part of speech) is a linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items ), which is generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour … Wikipedia
grammatical category — noun (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties • Syn: ↑syntactic category • Topics: ↑grammar • Hypernyms: ↑class, ↑category, ↑family … Useful english dictionary
Empty category principle — In linguistics, the empty category principle (ECP) was proposed in Noam Chomsky s syntactic framework of government and binding theory. The ECP is supposed to be a universal syntactic constraint that requires traces to be properly governed.Proper … Wikipedia
lexical category — noun A linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as noun or verb. Syn: word class, lexical class, part of speech … Wiktionary
Syntax — Syntactic redirects here. For another meaning of the adjective, see Syntaxis. For other uses, see Syntax (disambiguation). Linguistics … Wikipedia
Metasyntax — A metasyntax describes the allowable structure and composition of phrases and sentences of a metalanguage, which is used to describe either a natural language or a computer programming language. Some of the widely used formal metalanguages for… … Wikipedia
Araki language — language name=Araki states=Vanuatu region=Araki island, Espiritu Santo speakers=8 familycolor=Austronesian fam2=Malayo Polynesian fam3=Central Eastern fam4=Eastern fam5=Oceanic fam6=Central Eastern fam7=Remote Oceanic fam8=North and Central… … Wikipedia
Derivation (linguistics) — In linguistics, derivation is the process of forming a new word on the basis of an existing word, e.g. happi ness and un happy from happy, or determination from determine. Derivation stands in contrast to the process of inflection, which uses… … Wikipedia
