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Nominal

Pronouns, nouns, and noun phrases. (syntax)

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Nominalization

A morphological process in which a nominal is derived from another syntactic category. (morphology)

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Nominative-Accusative Case-Marking System

The sole argument of an intransitive sentence (S) and the agent argument of a transitive sentence (A) receive Nominative case, whereas the theme argument of a transitive sentence (P) is marked differently as Accusative. (syntax)

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Non-Rigid Designator

A referring expression that denotes different entities in different worlds. (pragmatics)

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Non-Specific

A noun phrase does not refer to a particular entity. (semantics)

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Noun Class

The division of nouns into two or more classes based on semantic, grammatical, or phonological criteria. (morphology)

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Noun Phrase

A phrase where the head is a noun. It can be identified via functional projections, such as Def or Num in English. (syntax)

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Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy

Subject > Direct Object > Indirect Object > Oblique > Genitive > Object of comparative If a language can relativize a noun phrase of the grammatical role X, it can also relativize a noun phrase of any grammatical role to the left of X in this hierarchy. (syntax, typology)

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