Incorporation: A Theory of Grammatical Function Changing, Volume 1 |
Common terms and phrases
accusative adjunct affix analysis antecedent antipassive antipassive morpheme appear argument baboons baby barrier to government c-command Causative Rule causative verb causee Chamorro Chichewa Chichewa-B Chomsky coindexing COMP complex verb D-structure dative dative shift derived direct object English Eskimo example fact filter GF changing processes goal Head Movement Constraint head noun incorporation structures INFL intransitive Iroquoian languages John Kinyarwanda lexical category lexical item lower object lower verb Marantz matrix verb Mithun Mohawk morphological identification moved Niuean node Noun Incorporation NP VP object agreement oblique particular phonologically possessor possible predicate preposition Projection Principle pronoun Relational Grammar relationship semantic sentences Southern Tiwa stranding subcategorization subcategorization frame subjacency subject position surface syntactic syntax theme theory Theta Assignment theta indexed theta marked theta role theta role assignment trace transitive verbs unaccusative verb complex Verb Incorporation verb root waterpot wh-movement X-o movement