SyntacticConstruction SyntacticWord
SyntacticUnit (also called constituent) is a 'term in grammatical analysis for a linguistic unit which is a functional component of a larger construction. Based on a combination of intuitive and formal (e.g. distributional) criteria, a sentence can be analysed into a series of constituents, such as subject + predicate, or NP+VP, etc. [Crystal 2003: 99]
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acoustic Realization
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Spoken Linguistic Expression | The relation between some linguistic unit and its corresponding spoken expression. |
constituents
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Thing | The relation holding between a linguistic unit and a list (rdf:Seq) of its constituents. |
has Constituent
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Linguistic Unit | The relation hasConstituent is an abstract partial ordering relation that expresses dominance between two linguistic units. This relation is meant to cover all possible types of linguistic constituency: phonological, morphological, syntactic, etc. constituency. |
has Syntactic Constituent
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Syntactic Unit | The relation hasSyntacticConstituent is an abstract partial ordering relation that expresses dominance between two syntactic units. This relation is meant to cover all possible types of syntactic constituency. |
in Language
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Human Language Variety | The relation that holds between a LinguisticSign and a Language. The sign is said to be a member or part of that language. |
ordering Relation
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Linguistic Unit | Any relation that establishes a linear ordering of linguistic units. |
realization
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Linguistic Expression | The relation holding between a linguistic unit and its physical form, either a spoken, written or signed expression. |
signed Realization
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Signed Linguistic Expression | The relation between some linguistic unit and its corresponding signed expression. |
string Rep
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string | |
written Realization
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Written Linguistic Expression | The relation between some linguistic unit and its corresponding written expression. |
