Addessive Case
A case morpheme that marks its noun in a positional relationship to another. (morphology, syntax)
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Adjacency Pairs
When a person’s first utterance requires that the second person respond in a certain way. (pragmatics)
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Adjective
A syntactic or lexical category that is argued to be universal. It is often distinguished by its morphological shape in comparison to other categories or by its ability to inflect or be modified in ways that other categories cannot. Structurally adjectives can be attributive and be noun adjuncts or be…
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Adjunct
Optional arguments; sister to X-bar and daughter of another X-bar. (syntax)
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Adposition
A functional/semi-lexical word that is used to show the spatial or temporal relation between two substantives. (syntax)
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Adverb
A syntactic or lexical category that is not universal. Syntactically they can be thought of as verbal adjuncts even though they can modify whole clauses. They may also be viewed as a type of adjective. (syntax, morphology)
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Adverbial Clause
A clause that functions as a clausal modifier. (syntax)
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