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Evidential
A verbal marker that indicates the source of information or the type of evidence for an assertion (morphology)
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Exclusive
Excluding the addressee. (morphology)
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Exocentric Compound
An exocentric compound does not denote a sub-class of the items denoted by any of its members. A compound where neither constituent is the semantic head and the term rather refers to something associated with the two constituents, e.g. a cutthroat is not a type of throat or a type…
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Expletive
A semantically empty DP which functions to satisfy a formal requirement of the grammar, e.g., EPP. (syntax)
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Extended Projection Principle
Specifier of IP/TP must be filled. (syntax)
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Ezafe
A type of linking morpheme in Persian that is either spelled out as [ye] or [e]. (morphology)
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Face
The persona that is displayed to others during social interaction. (sociolinguistics)
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Face-Threatening Acts
Speech acts that can threaten positive or negative face. (sociolinguistics)
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Factive Predicate
A predicate whose complement clause is presupposed to be true (semantics, pragmatics)
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Faithfulness Constraints
The constraints that require output forms to be the same as their corresponding input forms. (phonology)
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